A319 flight crew experiences ECAM's upon gear retraction after takeoff. ECAM's included lgciu #1; eg...

Narrative:

After gear retraction; we received multiple ECAM's associated with lgciu #1 [landing gear control interface unit] failure. First fault listed at the top of the ECAM screen was a 'egpws terrain fault'; then lgciu 1 fault; then captain pitot; first officer pitot; standby pitot faults followed by #1 reverser fault and other non ECAM system failures. Captain executed ECAM's as best he could while I flew (auto pilot on). ECAM gave no direction (nor did maintenance) about recycling the landing gear to switch controlling lgciu's so we didn't. Flight manual has no information about all pitot heat systems inoperative with this lgciu #1 failure. Flight manual's irregular procedure for all pitot heat inoperative says expect icing could be the cause and proceeds to tell you to turn off (good) air data computer's to prevent a data conflict in icing conditions. ECAM procedures for pitot failures direct air data switching to captain 3 but failure of standby pitot didn't fix problem.the flight manual does not sufficiently address the lgciu failures to include all pitot inoperative; and maintenance direction to regain pitot systems failed. Our VFR no clouds/no moisture/no icing december morning departure could have had a very different ending and our flight manual gave us no help. I recommend that our flight's data information be retained for case study to fix this significant issue. We returned with a normal approach and landing having verified the gear was down with the lgciu #2 indications on the ECAM wheels page.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew experiences ECAM's upon gear retraction after takeoff. ECAM's included LGCIU #1; EGPWS; Pitot faults; #1 Reverser fault; and other non ECAM system faults.

Narrative: After gear retraction; we received multiple ECAM's associated with LGCIU #1 [Landing Gear Control Interface Unit] failure. First fault listed at the top of the ECAM screen was a 'EGPWS Terrain fault'; then LGCIU 1 Fault; then Captain PITOT; First Officer PITOT; Standby PITOT faults followed by #1 Reverser Fault and other non ECAM system failures. Captain executed ECAM's as best he could while I flew (auto pilot on). ECAM gave no direction (nor did Maintenance) about recycling the Landing Gear to switch controlling LGCIU's so we didn't. Flight Manual has no information about all pitot heat systems inoperative with this LGCIU #1 failure. Flight Manual's irregular procedure for All Pitot Heat Inoperative says expect icing could be the cause and proceeds to tell you to turn off (good) ADC's to prevent a data conflict in icing conditions. ECAM procedures for pitot failures direct Air Data Switching to Captain 3 but failure of Standby Pitot didn't fix problem.The Flight Manual does not sufficiently address the LGCIU failures to include All Pitot Inoperative; and Maintenance direction to regain pitot systems failed. Our VFR no clouds/no moisture/no icing December morning departure could have had a very different ending and our Flight Manual gave us no help. I recommend that our flight's data information be retained for case study to fix this significant issue. We returned with a normal approach and landing having verified the gear was down with the LGCIU #2 indications on the ECAM wheels page.

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.

Attributes
ACN	925604
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 9500 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 254 Flight Crew Total 14323 Flight Crew Type 4232
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A319 flight crew experiences ECAM's upon gear retraction after takeoff. ECAM's included lgciu #1; egpws; pitot faults; #1 reverser fault; and other non ECAM system faults.