DC9 nose gear would not retract.

Attributes
ACN	449861
Time
Date	199909
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : grb.airport
State Reference	WI
Altitude	agl single value : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : grb.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9050 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	449861
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff from grb, the gear handle was raised but the nose gear remained down. An emergency was declared. The landing gear handle was placed down and all 3 gear indicated down and green. An uneventful landing was made at grb, and after having the gear pins installed, the aircraft was taxied to the gate. The problem was discovered by the noise of the nose gear being down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM GRB, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS RAISED BUT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN. AN EMER WAS DECLARED. THE LNDG GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED DOWN AND ALL 3 GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND GREEN. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE AT GRB, AND AFTER HAVING THE GEAR PINS INSTALLED, THE ACFT WAS TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE PROB WAS DISCOVERED BY THE NOISE OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING DOWN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.