B757-200 nose gear failed to extend. Flight crew recycled gear to no avail; made a go-around; comple...

Attributes
ACN	843586
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
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	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 12700 Flight Crew Type 5900
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Captain was flying and called for gear extension 1NM prior to FAF. Main gear extended normally with no nose gear and the 'gear disagree' and 'gear door' EICAS messages. Captain instructed me to cycle the gear. I hesitated and told him I thought we should get the checklist. He told me to cycle the gear again so I cycled the gear with no change in indication. We executed a missed approach and asked tower to look at our nose gear as we passed by the tower. They stated doors were open and nose gear still in the well. Climbed to 4000 MSL and got delay vectors to northwest of our departure airport. Captain still flying and I got into checklist. Followed checklist; which had us do the alternate gear extension. Nose gear extended and got good indication. Returned to our departure airport uneventfully. Landed with 4600 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 nose gear failed to extend. Flight crew recycled gear to no avail; made a go-around; completed the alternate gear extension procedure successfully and landed uneventfully.

Narrative: Captain was flying and called for gear extension 1NM prior to FAF. Main gear extended normally with no nose gear and the 'GEAR DISAGREE' and 'GEAR DOOR' EICAS messages. Captain instructed me to cycle the gear. I hesitated and told him I thought we should get the checklist. He told me to cycle the gear again so I cycled the gear with no change in indication. We executed a missed approach and asked tower to look at our nose gear as we passed by the tower. They stated doors were open and nose gear still in the well. Climbed to 4000 MSL and got delay vectors to northwest of our departure airport. Captain still flying and I got into checklist. Followed checklist; which had us do the alternate gear extension. Nose gear extended and got good indication. Returned to our departure airport uneventfully. Landed with 4600 LBS.

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.