A C182RG experienced the nose gear collapse on landing rollout.

Attributes
ACN	363712
Time
Date	199703
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	controller non radar : 40 controller radar : 20 flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	363712
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Took off from sna. Flew in controled airspace. Returned to sna. Experienced gear extension problem. Manually extended gear. Verified green extension plus visual of both main wheels. During final stage of landing roll nose gear collapsed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the airplane had a previous history of gear problems, nose gear shimmy, gear won't extend normally and must be extended manually. It was necessary to manually extend the landing gear the day prior to this incident. The reporter does not know if any work was done on the gear after this earlier incident. The reporter has no knowledge of any work done on the landing gear system after the nose gear collapsed. The reporter was contacted by the FAA.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C182RG EXPERIENCED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LNDG ROLLOUT.

Narrative: TOOK OFF FROM SNA. FLEW IN CTLED AIRSPACE. RETURNED TO SNA. EXPERIENCED GEAR EXTENSION PROB. MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR. VERIFIED GREEN EXTENSION PLUS VISUAL OF BOTH MAIN WHEELS. DURING FINAL STAGE OF LNDG ROLL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE AIRPLANE HAD A PREVIOUS HISTORY OF GEAR PROBS, NOSE GEAR SHIMMY, GEAR WON'T EXTEND NORMALLY AND MUST BE EXTENDED MANUALLY. IT WAS NECESSARY TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE RPTR DOES NOT KNOW IF ANY WORK WAS DONE ON THE GEAR AFTER THIS EARLIER INCIDENT. THE RPTR HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY WORK DONE ON THE LNDG GEAR SYS AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RPTR WAS CONTACTED BY THE FAA.

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.