A B727-200 immediately after takeoff declared an emergency due to right main landing gear door and position warning caused by the door safety rod failure.

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Attributes
ACN	466283
Time
Date	200003
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 8095 flight time type : 345
ASRS Report	466283
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear position indication other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff, we raised gear and got door warning. We followed checklist and then lowered gear, then received gear unsafe warning also. Continued checklist and ascertained that gear was stuck. Burned off fuel. Coordinated with ATC, company and flight attendants that we would do an emergency partial gear up landing back at sfo. We came around and landed, keeping the plane on the centerline. Deplaned all passenger through right front galley door and evacuate/evacuation went by uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO R MAIN LNDG GEAR DOOR AND POS WARNING CAUSED BY THE DOOR SAFETY ROD FAILURE.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, WE RAISED GEAR AND GOT DOOR WARNING. WE FOLLOWED CHKLIST AND THEN LOWERED GEAR, THEN RECEIVED GEAR UNSAFE WARNING ALSO. CONTINUED CHKLIST AND ASCERTAINED THAT GEAR WAS STUCK. BURNED OFF FUEL. COORDINATED WITH ATC, COMPANY AND FLT ATTENDANTS THAT WE WOULD DO AN EMER PARTIAL GEAR UP LNDG BACK AT SFO. WE CAME AROUND AND LANDED, KEEPING THE PLANE ON THE CTRLINE. DEPLANED ALL PAX THROUGH R FRONT GALLEY DOOR AND EVAC WENT BY UNEVENTFULLY.

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.