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B727 flight crew return land after the landing gear would not retract because the safety pins had not been removed prior to takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 539039 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Ice Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d21.tracon tower : dtw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 3r |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2100 flight time type : 670 |
| ASRS Report | 539039 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
After takeoff, main gear would not retract. Advised ATC that we wanted to return to dtw. We got vectored for an ILS runway 3R at dtw. Landed, taxied to ramp. Maintenance found both main gear pins still installed. So did a walkaround prior to flight and said they were not installed during the preflight walkaround. Logbook showed they had been removed prior to our flight. A mechanic said he had installed them because the ramp was slippery.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC RETURN LAND AFTER THE LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT BECAUSE THE SAFETY PINS HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO TKOF.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. ADVISED ATC THAT WE WANTED TO RETURN TO DTW. WE GOT VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 3R AT DTW. LANDED, TAXIED TO RAMP. MAINT FOUND BOTH MAIN GEAR PINS STILL INSTALLED. SO DID A WALKAROUND PRIOR TO FLT AND SAID THEY WERE NOT INSTALLED DURING THE PREFLT WALKAROUND. LOGBOOK SHOWED THEY HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO OUR FLT. A MECH SAID HE HAD INSTALLED THEM BECAUSE THE RAMP WAS SLIPPERY.
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.