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A320 captain, on IOE, and IOE check airman first officer, PIC, forgot to retract the landing gear until a gear overspd occurred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 573812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200302 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sna.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sct.tracon tower : sfo.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 1473 |
| ASRS Report | 573812 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 573507 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam gear warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On departure from sna, giving IOE to new captain. Captain started abrupt rotation, which I commented on. He then continued normal rotation, but did not raise nose to desired pitch after getting airborne. I pointed that out. In the meantime, we forgot to raise the gear, as we were concerned about the nose sensitive departure. When I noticed the noise and saw the gear was still down, I retracted the gear, not noticing we had accelerated above gear retract speed. We wrote it up and informed air carrier maintenance controller. Supplemental information from acn 573507: captain noted that my rate of rotation was initially excessive. While correcting pitch and executing the sna noise abatement profile, the landing gear was not raised. After reaching 3000 ft and accelerating in managed speed mode, I commented that the noise level in the cockpit was excessive. When captain realized the gear was down, he proceeded to raise it. Airspeed was 240 KTS. A maintenance write-up was made.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 CAPT, ON IOE, AND IOE CHK AIRMAN FO, PIC, FORGOT TO RETRACT THE LNDG GEAR UNTIL A GEAR OVERSPD OCCURRED.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM SNA, GIVING IOE TO NEW CAPT. CAPT STARTED ABRUPT ROTATION, WHICH I COMMENTED ON. HE THEN CONTINUED NORMAL ROTATION, BUT DID NOT RAISE NOSE TO DESIRED PITCH AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE. I POINTED THAT OUT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE FORGOT TO RAISE THE GEAR, AS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOSE SENSITIVE DEP. WHEN I NOTICED THE NOISE AND SAW THE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN, I RETRACTED THE GEAR, NOT NOTICING WE HAD ACCELERATED ABOVE GEAR RETRACT SPD. WE WROTE IT UP AND INFORMED ACR MAINT CTLR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 573507: CAPT NOTED THAT MY RATE OF ROTATION WAS INITIALLY EXCESSIVE. WHILE CORRECTING PITCH AND EXECUTING THE SNA NOISE ABATEMENT PROFILE, THE LNDG GEAR WAS NOT RAISED. AFTER REACHING 3000 FT AND ACCELERATING IN MANAGED SPD MODE, I COMMENTED THAT THE NOISE LEVEL IN THE COCKPIT WAS EXCESSIVE. WHEN CAPT REALIZED THE GEAR WAS DOWN, HE PROCEEDED TO RAISE IT. AIRSPD WAS 240 KTS. A MAINT WRITE-UP WAS MADE.
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.