Narrative:

This was an incidence rather than an accident that occurred in my small aircraft, with an electric landing gear. The gear failed to come down when electric lever engaged, and after going through several recycles I went through the prescribed procedure to hand crank the gear down. Gear was cranked down, and when red light went off, and gear warning horn cease to blow and green light came on, I assumed the gear was down. The tower communicated to me that the gear appeared to be down, but they of course, could not guarantee it was locked in place. I landed a good back wheel landing as usual, and after rolling some 100' or so the nose gear gave way, and the propeller struck runway, and eventually came to a slight veering to right stop. No one was injured, only two persons on board. I feel that this was something that was going to happen for whatever reason that caused it. It was not due to poor flying or careless techniques. This, I suppose, is an incidence that happens at some time during ones flying career. I have been flying for 24 yrs and have never had this happen before. I also practice from time to time the hand cranking of gear to keep up the proper procedure, and to insure that the hand cranking mechanism is fully functional. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Due to cost of maintenance reporter has not had the aircraft repaired and is not aware of the cause of the nose wheel failure. Had rolled about 100' before the nose gear let go. Damaged the propeller and feels the engine was stopping before damage was done. Cranking the gear down with the emergency system had noticed a binding that was not normal but did have a green light indicating gear was down and locked.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF LNDG GEAR WHEN ELECTRIC GEAR SYSTEM FAILED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

Narrative: THIS WAS AN INCIDENCE RATHER THAN AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN MY SMA, WITH AN ELECTRIC LNDG GEAR. THE GEAR FAILED TO COME DOWN WHEN ELECTRIC LEVER ENGAGED, AND AFTER GOING THROUGH SEVERAL RECYCLES I WENT THROUGH THE PRESCRIBED PROC TO HAND CRANK THE GEAR DOWN. GEAR WAS CRANKED DOWN, AND WHEN RED LIGHT WENT OFF, AND GEAR WARNING HORN CEASE TO BLOW AND GREEN LIGHT CAME ON, I ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE TWR COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT THEY OF COURSE, COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WAS LOCKED IN PLACE. I LANDED A GOOD BACK WHEEL LNDG AS USUAL, AND AFTER ROLLING SOME 100' OR SO THE NOSE GEAR GAVE WAY, AND THE PROP STRUCK RWY, AND EVENTUALLY CAME TO A SLIGHT VEERING TO R STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED, ONLY TWO PERSONS ON BOARD. I FEEL THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT CAUSED IT. IT WAS NOT DUE TO POOR FLYING OR CARELESS TECHNIQUES. THIS, I SUPPOSE, IS AN INCIDENCE THAT HAPPENS AT SOME TIME DURING ONES FLYING CAREER. I HAVE BEEN FLYING FOR 24 YRS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. I ALSO PRACTICE FROM TIME TO TIME THE HAND CRANKING OF GEAR TO KEEP UP THE PROPER PROC, AND TO INSURE THAT THE HAND CRANKING MECHANISM IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. DUE TO COST OF MAINT RPTR HAS NOT HAD THE ACFT REPAIRED AND IS NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE WHEEL FAILURE. HAD ROLLED ABOUT 100' BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR LET GO. DAMAGED THE PROP AND FEELS THE ENG WAS STOPPING BEFORE DAMAGE WAS DONE. CRANKING THE GEAR DOWN WITH THE EMER SYS HAD NOTICED A BINDING THAT WAS NOT NORMAL BUT DID HAVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.