Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
I was the pilot flying; after takeoff; I called for the First Officer to retract the gear. We were well within the normal profile for gear retraction; and the First Officer moved the gear selector to up. As we climbed; we heard the nose gear doors close; but could still hear the noise associated with the main gear being down. Soon after; we received the 'Gear Disagree' warning message. We continued the climb profile; while maintaining an airspeed below 200 KIAS for the landing gear limitation. At a safe altitude; I transferred controls and radios to the First Officer and completed the QRH procedure for the 'Gear Disagree' warning with the gear selector in the up position. During this time; we contacted ATC and notified them we would be restricted to 200 KIAS because the landing gear would be extended for the duration of the flight. I also contacted Maintenance Control via ACARS and they told us to contact line maintenance on the ground when we got to [destination]. Since it was early morning; and we had plenty of fuel; (we were tankering an extra hour plus worth of fuel); we decided to continue. We discussed the situation; there was no immediate danger; we had maintenance and assistance if needed; and the flight was short enough where we would have plenty of fuel flying at our slower airspeed and with the landing gear down. Furthermore; the entire region was complete VFR and was expected to remain that way throughout the day. We also discussed if the situation did become serious; [a suitable alternate] was on the way and would make a great diversion airport if needed. We continued and landed and taxied in without further incident.The cause of this event was a malfunction of the landing gear system on the CRJ-200. The failure was not serious and did not affect the immediate safety of the flight.
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CRJ-200 flight crew reported continuing to destination in VFR conditions after the main landing gear failed to retract after takeoff.