Mesa CRJ7 at Portland on Jul 7th 2019, could not retract gear

Last Update: July 9, 2019 / 22:28:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Could not retract gear

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6247

Departure
Portland, United States

Destination
Washington Dulles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N510MJ

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A Mesa Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United, registration N510MJ performing flight UA-6247 from Portland,ME to Washington Dulles,DC (USA), was climbing out of Portland's runway 11 when the crew could not retract the landing gear and stopped the climb at 3000 feet. The aircraft positioned for a landing on runway 11, however, followed a tower instruction to go around when tower could not determine whether the nose gear was down or not. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 11 and landed safely about 30 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours, then ferried to Washington with gear down as flight UA-3249, remained on the ground in Washington for about 19 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Could not retract gear

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6247

Departure
Portland, United States

Destination
Washington Dulles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N510MJ

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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