<< >> NASA ASRS Report 818314, January 2009

B757-200 nose gear fails to extend on final approach. Flight crew successfully performs alternate gear extension procedure and land safely following a precautionary emergency declaration.

Attributes
ACN	818314
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 240
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Upon gear extension; nose gear did not extend. Recycled landing gear; no help. Declared emergency with ATC; and advised souls on board and fuel remaining in pounds; hours; and minutes. Accomplished alternate gear extension per flight manual guidance; and gear extended with 3 green lights. Notified cabin attendants and passengers of landing gear issue and that we anticipated a normal landing with emergency vehicles standing by as a precautionary measure. Conducted landing to the longer of the two runways. Accomplished a normal landing and rollout and requested emergency vehicles follow us to the gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 nose gear fails to extend on final approach. Flight crew successfully performs alternate gear extension procedure and land safely following a precautionary emergency declaration.

Narrative: Upon gear extension; nose gear did not extend. Recycled landing gear; no help. Declared emergency with ATC; and advised souls on board and fuel remaining in pounds; hours; and minutes. Accomplished alternate gear extension per flight manual guidance; and gear extended with 3 green lights. Notified Cabin Attendants and passengers of landing gear issue and that we anticipated a normal landing with emergency vehicles standing by as a precautionary measure. Conducted landing to the longer of the two runways. Accomplished a normal landing and rollout and requested emergency vehicles follow us to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.