GA aircraft experiences gear up landing due jammed nose gear.

Attributes
ACN	176136
Time
Date	199104
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fdk
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 5000
ASRS Report	176136
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Retracting nose wheel caught the left rear gear door and jammed the gear in wheel well. Redesign the rear gear doors to prevent them from flexing inward due to crabbing aircraft in crosswind conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA ACFT EXPERIENCES GEAR UP LNDG DUE JAMMED NOSE GEAR.

Narrative: RETRACTING NOSE WHEEL CAUGHT THE LEFT REAR GEAR DOOR AND JAMMED THE GEAR IN WHEEL WELL. REDESIGN THE REAR GEAR DOORS TO PREVENT THEM FROM FLEXING INWARD DUE TO CRABBING ACFT IN XWIND CONDITIONS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.