MD80 nose gear fails to retract; emergency declared and a safe overweight landing was made.

Attributes
ACN	704305
Time
Date	200607
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	704305
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	704306
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear lights other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Nose landing gear failed to retract on departure from ZZZ. QRH consulted; but due to previous write-up concerning tug to nose gear contact and a later write-up for a broken spray deflector; the decision was made to not cycle the gear; but to leave it down and safe. An emergency was declared for our overweight condition and a normal landing followed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 NOSE GEAR FAILS TO RETRACT; EMER DECLARED AND A SAFE OVERWT LNDG WAS MADE.

Narrative: NOSE LNDG GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ON DEP FROM ZZZ. QRH CONSULTED; BUT DUE TO PREVIOUS WRITE-UP CONCERNING TUG TO NOSE GEAR CONTACT AND A LATER WRITE-UP FOR A BROKEN SPRAY DEFLECTOR; THE DECISION WAS MADE TO NOT CYCLE THE GEAR; BUT TO LEAVE IT DOWN AND SAFE. AN EMER WAS DECLARED FOR OUR OVERWT CONDITION AND A NORMAL LNDG FOLLOWED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.