C177RG had collapsed nose landing gear on landing at I69.

Attributes
ACN	489010
Time
Date	200010
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : i69.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1750 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	489010
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Made normal landing and nosewheel just collapsed. Normal landing with soft touchdown on main gear. Aircraft undergoing annual and repair. No conclusion reached as of this time. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter landed on runway 4 at I60. After a normal landing on the main gear and a soft lowering of the nose, the nosewheel simply collapsed. All gear indications prior to landing were normal, with the gear indicating down and locked. The WX was no factor with light and variable winds being reported. The aircraft is now undergoing repair and no conclusion has yet been reached.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C177RG HAD COLLAPSED NOSE LNDG GEAR ON LNDG AT I69.

Narrative: MADE NORMAL LNDG AND NOSEWHEEL JUST COLLAPSED. NORMAL LNDG WITH SOFT TOUCHDOWN ON MAIN GEAR. ACFT UNDERGOING ANNUAL AND REPAIR. NO CONCLUSION REACHED AS OF THIS TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR LANDED ON RWY 4 AT I60. AFTER A NORMAL LNDG ON THE MAIN GEAR AND A SOFT LOWERING OF THE NOSE, THE NOSEWHEEL SIMPLY COLLAPSED. ALL GEAR INDICATIONS PRIOR TO LNDG WERE NORMAL, WITH THE GEAR INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. THE WX WAS NO FACTOR WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BEING RPTED. THE ACFT IS NOW UNDERGOING REPAIR AND NO CONCLUSION HAS YET BEEN REACHED.

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.