A crj-200 nose gear did not extend when the landing gear was selected down so the crew declared an e...

Narrative:

On approach at 180 knots; gear selected down. No in-transition for nose gear; mains down and locked. Gear disagree warning. Discontinued approach and complied with QRH; cycled gear 3 times. Previous write up with failure into previous airport; gear cycled 8 times. Chose not to cycle more as failure corresponds to previous write up. QRH gear extension procedure complied with; nose gear deployed down; green and locked. Could not stow landing gear handle; left in up position per QRH notes. Performed fly by over runway at 1;000 feet AGL; gear appeared down by examination by ATC with binoculars. Normal traffic pattern flown; normal landing; nosewheel steering failure steering failure per QRH. Taxied to gate with no further incident. Flight attendant briefed as to potential situation and passengers briefed throughout situation as to indication issue and crew needed time to determine indicator status. Flight attendant finally re-briefed as to status and if nose gear collapses; to follow captain instructions and initial evacuation out serviceable exit. Maintenance was done at the previous airport that is a threat in itself. There were two prior write ups for the issue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-200 nose gear did not extend when the landing gear was selected down so the crew declared an emergency; complied with the checklist; and landed safely after the nose gear extended. This was a repeat problem.

Narrative: On approach at 180 knots; gear selected down. No in-transition for nose gear; mains down and locked. Gear Disagree warning. Discontinued approach and complied with QRH; cycled gear 3 times. Previous write up with failure into previous airport; gear cycled 8 times. Chose not to cycle more as failure corresponds to previous write up. QRH gear extension procedure complied with; nose gear deployed down; green and locked. Could not stow landing gear handle; left in up position per QRH notes. Performed fly by over runway at 1;000 feet AGL; gear appeared down by examination by ATC with binoculars. Normal traffic pattern flown; normal landing; nosewheel steering failure steering failure per QRH. Taxied to gate with no further incident. Flight Attendant briefed as to potential situation and passengers briefed throughout situation as to indication issue and crew needed time to determine indicator status. Flight Attendant finally re-briefed as to status and if nose gear collapses; to follow Captain instructions and initial evacuation out serviceable exit. Maintenance was done at the previous airport that is a threat in itself. There were two prior write ups for the issue.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1073247
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A crj-200 nose gear did not extend when the landing gear was selected down so the crew declared an emergency; complied with the checklist; and landed safely after the nose gear extended. This was a repeat problem.