Nose gear unsafe light indication. Emergency landing.

Attributes
ACN	223498
Time
Date	199210
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	223498
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Final approach to landing lax. Nose gear indicated unsafe (no green). Go around initiated approximately 1000 AGL -- emergency declared. Captain briefed copilot first officer xi, #1 flight attendant to prepare passenger for possible emergency landing and evacuate/evacuation. Captain flew aircraft and communicated with ATC. Emergency procedures accomplished -- nose gear actual position could not be confirmed. Landing accomplished -- nose gear held off, then nose smoothly and gently lowered, nose gear made normal contact with ground. Full length of runway used -- ground spoilers manually extended, no reverse, min braking used to stop aircraft at end of runway. After stop, only brakes set, maintenance inserted gear pins (nose gear cockpit indication still unsafe when turned over to maintenance). Debrief of crew accomplished by myself. I was debriefed by chief pilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT INDICATION. EMER LNDG.

Narrative: FINAL APCH TO LNDG LAX. NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE (NO GREEN). GAR INITIATED APPROX 1000 AGL -- EMER DECLARED. CAPT BRIEFED COPLT FO XI, #1 FLT ATTENDANT TO PREPARE PAX FOR POSSIBLE EMER LNDG AND EVAC. CAPT FLEW ACFT AND COMMUNICATED WITH ATC. EMER PROCS ACCOMPLISHED -- NOSE GEAR ACTUAL POS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. LNDG ACCOMPLISHED -- NOSE GEAR HELD OFF, THEN NOSE SMOOTHLY AND GENTLY LOWERED, NOSE GEAR MADE NORMAL CONTACT WITH GND. FULL LENGTH OF RWY USED -- GND SPOILERS MANUALLY EXTENDED, NO REVERSE, MIN BRAKING USED TO STOP ACFT AT END OF RWY. AFTER STOP, ONLY BRAKES SET, MAINT INSERTED GEAR PINS (NOSE GEAR COCKPIT INDICATION STILL UNSAFE WHEN TURNED OVER TO MAINT). DEBRIEF OF CREW ACCOMPLISHED BY MYSELF. I WAS DEBRIEFED BY CHIEF PLT.

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.