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A320 captain reports the nose gear fails to retract after takeoff but appears to extend normally. Flight returns to departure airport for uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 878581 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
Normal takeoff by the first officer. During gear retraction; the gear handle came up; and immediately the ECAM sounded with multiple messages appearing! It was obvious with all of the noise and excess drag that there was a gear malfunction; confirmed by the nose gear indicating red with the gear handle in the up position. We placed the gear handle in the down position; gear came down; but we were left with the left/G not uplocked ECAM. We advised ATC of our situation and proceeded to hold. We contacted dispatch and maintenance to advise of our condition. It appeared the left/G doors were closed. We coordinated with tower to do a low approach and confirm gear down and locked and a controllability check. During the approach we selected full flaps and got excessive vibration. We retracted the flaps back to position 3; where the vibration ceased and the low approach confirmed 3 gear extended. We flew an uneventful flaps 3 landing with minimum sink rate on landing; as requested by maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reports the nose gear fails to retract after takeoff but appears to extend normally. Flight returns to departure airport for uneventful landing.
Narrative: Normal takeoff by the First Officer. During gear retraction; the gear handle came up; and immediately the ECAM sounded with multiple messages appearing! It was obvious with all of the noise and excess drag that there was a gear malfunction; confirmed by the nose gear indicating red with the gear handle in the up position. We placed the gear handle in the down position; gear came down; but we were left with the L/G Not Uplocked ECAM. We advised ATC of our situation and proceeded to hold. We contacted Dispatch and Maintenance to advise of our condition. It appeared the L/G doors were closed. We coordinated with Tower to do a low approach and confirm gear down and locked and a controllability check. During the approach we selected full flaps and got excessive vibration. We retracted the flaps back to position 3; where the vibration ceased and the low approach confirmed 3 gear extended. We flew an uneventful flaps 3 landing with minimum sink rate on landing; as requested by Maintenance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.