C172RG nose gear fails to extend; lands gear up.

Attributes
ACN	805158
Time
Date	200809
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 5
ASRS Report	805158
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Nose gear would not extend. I tried for 3 hours to get the nose gear down. Burned off fuel and landed with gear up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172RG NOSE GEAR FAILS TO EXTEND; LANDS GEAR UP.

Narrative: NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. I TRIED FOR 3 HRS TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. BURNED OFF FUEL AND LANDED WITH GEAR UP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.