Flight crew of a british aerospace jetstream BA32 made a low pass for the tower to observe the position of their nose gear since it did not indicate down. An uneventful landing was subsequently made after the ground observer said that it looked down and the flight crew declared an emergency.

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Attributes
ACN	372444
Time
Date	199706
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cgi
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cgi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Jetstream 32
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 375
ASRS Report	372444
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 2700
ASRS Report	372349
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Upon selecting gear down, the nose gear position indicator did not show down and locked. The control tower controller informed us the gear appeared to be in the down position. An emergency was declared, we landed with no incident or accident and performed the emergency checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A BRITISH AEROSPACE JETSTREAM BA32 MADE A LOW PASS FOR THE TWR TO OBSERVE THE POS OF THEIR NOSE GEAR SINCE IT DID NOT INDICATE DOWN. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE AFTER THE GND OBSERVER SAID THAT IT LOOKED DOWN AND THE FLC DECLARED AN EMER.

Narrative: UPON SELECTING GEAR DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR POS INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CTL TWR CTLR INFORMED US THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE DOWN POS. AN EMER WAS DECLARED, WE LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT AND PERFORMED THE EMER CHKLIST.

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.