Narrative:

I was flying the approach; when calling for gear down; the nose gear light did not illuminate green. We also had a gears door indication on the EICAS. I performed the go around and captain handled the QRH and ATC communication; [another] captain was traveling as a non rev and offered assistance. We figured another set of eyes and ears would be helpful; especially since we had been flying all night.I transferred control to captain and we proceeded for another approach. If I remember correctly; we had a gear doors indication on EICAS only. We thought possibly a bulb could be burnt out. Tower asked if we'd like to do a low pass and they would attempt to look at our gear. Initially we said no because that is not a written procedure. [Non rev] captain and the tower thought it would be worth a try. We checked our fuel and we were all comfortable with the fuel on board (fob) that a pass would be okay and might yield more information. It was still dark. At this point we lowered the gear for the second approach. This time we got a gear disagree and gear unsafe EICAS. We did a low pass and it was confirmed that our nose gear was not down. I attempted to flash the nose gear lights and both tower and airport rescue and fire fighting (arff) confirmed it was not down.a second attempt at running the gear disagree checklist by myself and the captain was successful in getting a 3 green indication I could also feel and see with the landing light the gear had extended.the rest of the approach and landing were normal.

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Title: B757 flight crew reported they got an indication that the Nose Landing Gear (NLG); did not deploy as verified by ATC. They cycled the gear and the NLG came down normally.

Narrative: I was flying the approach; when calling for gear down; the nose gear light did not illuminate green. We also had a gears door indication on the EICAS. I performed the go around and Captain handled the QRH and ATC communication; [another] Captain was traveling as a non rev and offered assistance. We figured another set of eyes and ears would be helpful; especially since we had been flying all night.I transferred control to Captain and we proceeded for another approach. If I remember correctly; we had a gear doors indication on EICAS only. We thought possibly a bulb could be burnt out. Tower asked if we'd like to do a low pass and they would attempt to look at our gear. Initially we said no because that is not a written procedure. [Non rev] Captain and the Tower thought it would be worth a try. We checked our fuel and we were all comfortable with the Fuel On Board (FOB) that a pass would be okay and might yield more information. It was still dark. At this point we lowered the gear for the second approach. This time we got a gear disagree and gear unsafe EICAS. We did a low pass and it was confirmed that our nose gear was not down. I attempted to flash the nose gear lights and both Tower and Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) confirmed it was not down.A second attempt at running the gear disagree checklist by myself and the Captain was successful in getting a 3 green indication I could also feel and see with the landing light the gear had extended.The rest of the approach and landing were normal.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.