Nose gear failed to extend properly on an MD80.

Attributes
ACN	836146
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 13500 Flight Crew Type 3980
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Upon gear extension nose gear safe light did not illuminate. We discontinued the approach in order to work the problem. We declared an emergency and performed the 'gear down without one or more green lights' checklist. We were still unable to get a green light for the nose gear; and therefore performed the 'emergency landing gear extension' checklist and observed a nose landing gear indicator pin. Tower verified nose gear was extended and we landed uneventfully. All gear were pinned after aircraft was stopped and aircraft was towed to gate without incident. Upon gate arrival captain made a logbook entry for unsafe gear indication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Nose gear failed to extend properly on an MD80.

Narrative: Upon gear extension nose gear safe light did not illuminate. We discontinued the approach in order to work the problem. We declared an emergency and performed the 'gear down without one or more green lights' checklist. We were still unable to get a green light for the nose gear; and therefore performed the 'emergency landing gear extension' checklist and observed a nose landing gear indicator pin. Tower verified nose gear was extended and we landed uneventfully. All gear were pinned after aircraft was stopped and aircraft was towed to gate without incident. Upon gate arrival Captain made a logbook entry for unsafe gear indication.

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.