<< >> NASA ASRS Report 342498, July 1996

An small aircraft twin had to land with its nose gear up after an aircraft equipment problem gear lock came apart and blocked the down position. Aircraft damaged nose only.

Attributes
ACN	342498
Time
Date	199607
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pie
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1011
ASRS Report	342498
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Approaching a landing at tpf, the gear warning light came on, nose gear did not come all the way down. I departed traffic pattern for ssw practice area to go through manual for gear down. After 1 hour of trying to get it down, I returned to pie. I did low passes for tower to verify no nosewheel. After verifying no nosewheel, I landed nosewheel up. After landing, the plane was only damaged on the nose. I feathered the engines and placed the propellers horizontal to runway. No damage done to propellers or engine, only nose. 3 passenger onboard, no one hurt. Problem was a gear lock came apart and blocked the down position.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA TWIN HAD TO LAND WITH ITS NOSE GEAR UP AFTER AN ACFT EQUIP PROB GEAR LOCK CAME APART AND BLOCKED THE DOWN POS. ACFT DAMAGED NOSE ONLY.

Narrative: APCHING A LNDG AT TPF, THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, NOSE GEAR DID NOT COME ALL THE WAY DOWN. I DEPARTED TFC PATTERN FOR SSW PRACTICE AREA TO GO THROUGH MANUAL FOR GEAR DOWN. AFTER 1 HR OF TRYING TO GET IT DOWN, I RETURNED TO PIE. I DID LOW PASSES FOR TWR TO VERIFY NO NOSEWHEEL. AFTER VERIFYING NO NOSEWHEEL, I LANDED NOSEWHEEL UP. AFTER LNDG, THE PLANE WAS ONLY DAMAGED ON THE NOSE. I FEATHERED THE ENGS AND PLACED THE PROPS HORIZ TO RWY. NO DAMAGE DONE TO PROPS OR ENG, ONLY NOSE. 3 PAX ONBOARD, NO ONE HURT. PROB WAS A GEAR LOCK CAME APART AND BLOCKED THE DOWN POS.

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.