Aircraft equipment problem unsafe nose gear indication. Nose gear collapsed on landing.

Attributes
ACN	181998
Time
Date	199106
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : syr
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : syr
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	181998
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Advised by approach that small transport X inbound with landing gear problem. Small transport X made low pass. Nose gear was viewed and appeared to be not fully extended. Informed pilot of this condition. Small transport X talked to company. Came back to airport, landed and nose gear collapsed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LNDG.

Narrative: ADVISED BY APCH THAT SMT X INBOUND WITH LNDG GEAR PROBLEM. SMT X MADE LOW PASS. NOSE GEAR WAS VIEWED AND APPEARED TO BE NOT FULLY EXTENDED. INFORMED PLT OF THIS CONDITION. SMT X TALKED TO COMPANY. CAME BACK TO ARPT, LANDED AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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.