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Attributes | |
ACN | 467050 |
Time | |
Date | 200003 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : lga.airport |
State Reference | NY |
Altitude | msl single value : 20 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 3950 flight time type : 850 |
ASRS Report | 467050 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : second officer |
Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 45 |
ASRS Report | 467051 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other |
Consequence | other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The landing gear failed to retract on takeoff. The landing gear lever would not move to the 'up' position and was left in the 'off' position. ATC was informed immediately. I flew the aircraft and the captain and so reviewed the abnormal procedures for landing gear malfunctions. When the abnormal procedures were followed and failed to correct the situation, the captain elected to dump fuel to bring the aircraft down to a safe landing weight, and return to laguardia for landing. After coordinating with ATC and dumping fuel, all normal checklists were completed, and a normal visual approach was made to runway 4. Rollout was completed with the aircraft coming to a complete stop in 5000 ft of runway. We held position on the runway while emergency crews were inspecting and safety-pinning the landing gear prior to further taxi. Supplemental information from acn 467051: during this activity a flight attendant reported light smoke like a fog with a rubbery oily smell in the cabin. As the cabin door had been opened after the air came to a stop I visually confirmed the presence of very light smoke in the cabin. I scanned the engineers panel and noted a pack trip light for the operating air conditioning pack, which I immediately secured. The captain elected to evacuate/evacuation the aircraft through the main doors and ordered the emergency evacuate/evacuation checklist accomplished. We ran the checklist and commenced the evacuate/evacuation. The first officer and myself completed our cockpit duties and exited the aircraft to assist the passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 HAS GEAR THAT WILL NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF FROM LGA, NY. FUEL IS DUMPED, LNDG IS NORMAL BUT SMOKE IN CABIN CAUSES AN EVAC AFTER SHORT TIME ON THE GND.
Narrative: THE LNDG GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ON TKOF. THE LNDG GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE TO THE 'UP' POS AND WAS LEFT IN THE 'OFF' POS. ATC WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY. I FLEW THE ACFT AND THE CAPT AND SO REVIEWED THE ABNORMAL PROCS FOR LNDG GEAR MALFUNCTIONS. WHEN THE ABNORMAL PROCS WERE FOLLOWED AND FAILED TO CORRECT THE SIT, THE CAPT ELECTED TO DUMP FUEL TO BRING THE ACFT DOWN TO A SAFE LNDG WT, AND RETURN TO LAGUARDIA FOR LNDG. AFTER COORDINATING WITH ATC AND DUMPING FUEL, ALL NORMAL CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED, AND A NORMAL VISUAL APCH WAS MADE TO RWY 4. ROLLOUT WAS COMPLETED WITH THE ACFT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP IN 5000 FT OF RWY. WE HELD POS ON THE RWY WHILE EMER CREWS WERE INSPECTING AND SAFETY-PINNING THE LNDG GEAR PRIOR TO FURTHER TAXI. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 467051: DURING THIS ACTIVITY A FLT ATTENDANT RPTED LIGHT SMOKE LIKE A FOG WITH A RUBBERY OILY SMELL IN THE CABIN. AS THE CABIN DOOR HAD BEEN OPENED AFTER THE AIR CAME TO A STOP I VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF VERY LIGHT SMOKE IN THE CABIN. I SCANNED THE ENGINEERS PANEL AND NOTED A PACK TRIP LIGHT FOR THE OPERATING AIR CONDITIONING PACK, WHICH I IMMEDIATELY SECURED. THE CAPT ELECTED TO EVAC THE ACFT THROUGH THE MAIN DOORS AND ORDERED THE EMER EVAC CHKLIST ACCOMPLISHED. WE RAN THE CHKLIST AND COMMENCED THE EVAC. THE FO AND MYSELF COMPLETED OUR COCKPIT DUTIES AND EXITED THE ACFT TO ASSIST THE PAX.
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.