A319
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Total 5355; Flight Crew Type 4592
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Maintenance Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft
After takeoff landing gear would not retract. ECAM L/G (Landing Gear) SHOCK ABSORBER fault observed. Shortly A/P (Auto Pilot) and Auto Thrust disconnected. Flight Directors; A/P; Auto Thrust were intermittent throughout entire flight. Captain ran appropriate checklist while PF (Pilot Flying) manually flew aircraft. Notified ATC; notified Dispatch; flight attendants and passengers of intent to return to ZZZ. Lost navigation auto-tuning radios on approach executed go-around. Hard tuned radios manually and flew raw data approach. Approach and initial touchdown were normal. Once nose wheel made contact with the ground; aircraft began to shake and stopped on the runway. ECAM LGCIU 2 fault appeared told passengers and flight attendants to remain seated and requested ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting) to come to aircraft. No fire observed by ARFF.  Maintenance confirmed nose gear was 90 degrees to the aircraft centerline.   Maintenance replaced nose tires and passengers were deplaned onto buses and returned to the terminal. Aircraft was towed to Maintenance. Communication with Company; flight attendants and airport was good.
After takeoff gear would not retract ECAM L/G (Landing Gear) SHOCK AB (absorber) fault. Shortly after we lost autopilot; auto throttle; [and] flight displays intermittently all systems were off and on. Notified ATC ran ECAM's and appropriate checklists. Could not get gear up. Notified Dispatch; flight attendants; and passengers. Returned to the field for approach. Lost NAV on approach went around tuned radios manually and returned for a raw data approach. Approach and intial landing was normal. When nose wheel came down aircraft shook. Came to a stop on centerline. On the ground we got LGCIU 2 fault. Notified flight attendants to remain seated asked for fire truck no fire. Kept passengers seated. Maintenance informed that nose was 90 degrees and changed nose tires and passengers were deplaned onto buses; aircraft was towed to hanger. Support from Company and ATC was good. Flight attendants did a good job with the passengers.
A319 flight crew reported a nose gear malfunction after takeoff resulting in a return to departure airport.