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Heavy cargo aircraft landing gear failed to retract after takeoff. Flight returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 762279 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 139 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 484 |
| ASRS Report | 762279 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11400 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 762278 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Took off from ZZZZ and unable to retract landing gear. Requested and entered holding to troubleshoot and followed company procedures. Gear remained down and locked. No need to dump fuel. Captain requested ground assistance to standby. Received radar vectors to final for ILS approach. I made an uneventful landing. No further problems noted. Turned over aircraft to maintenance. Supplemental information from acn 762278: gear handle could not be moved to the up position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HEAVY CARGO ACFT LNDG GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TKOF. FLT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: TOOK OFF FROM ZZZZ AND UNABLE TO RETRACT LNDG GEAR. REQUESTED AND ENTERED HOLDING TO TROUBLESHOOT AND FOLLOWED COMPANY PROCS. GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. NO NEED TO DUMP FUEL. CAPT REQUESTED GND ASSISTANCE TO STANDBY. RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS TO FINAL FOR ILS APCH. I MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. NO FURTHER PROBS NOTED. TURNED OVER ACFT TO MAINT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 762278: GEAR HANDLE COULD NOT BE MOVED TO THE UP POS.
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.