# Incident 20000204001359I: Dhav DHC8201, Tampa, FL, February 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2000, 11:50 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N990HA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8201
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000204001359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TPA.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LATCH ASSEMBLY PN 83221001-001, WAS FOUND IN THE LOCKED POSITION.  MECHANIC INSPECTED THE NOSE GEAR LOCK AND FOUND THE COMPRESSION SPRING PN 83221011-101 TENSION WAS LOW POSSIBLY CAUSING THE DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE BACK INTO THE LOCK POSITION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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