An air carrier light transport crew returned and landed because they had a nose gear unsafe indication when the gear was up. The crew declared an emergency.

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Attributes
ACN	233132
Time
Date	199302
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mht
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mht
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 5017 flight time type : 3217
ASRS Report	233132
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

In sum: an light transport air carrier crew had a nose gear unsafe indication with the gear in the up position. The crew made a tower fly-by to confirm that the gear was up. They then lowered the gear and made another fly-by to confirm that the gear was now down and locked as the indicators showed. After briefing the passenger, consulting maintenance, and declaring an emergency, the crew landed without further incident. There were no injuries. The reporting captain states that his airline's cockpit resource management training saved the day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT CREW RETURNED AND LANDED BECAUSE THEY HAD A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION WHEN THE GEAR WAS UP. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMER.

Narrative: IN SUM: AN LTT ACR CREW HAD A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POS. THE CREW MADE A TWR FLY-BY TO CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS UP. THEY THEN LOWERED THE GEAR AND MADE ANOTHER FLY-BY TO CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR WAS NOW DOWN AND LOCKED AS THE INDICATORS SHOWED. AFTER BRIEFING THE PAX, CONSULTING MAINT, AND DECLARING AN EMER, THE CREW LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE RPTING CAPT STATES THAT HIS AIRLINE'S COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT TRAINING SAVED THE DAY.

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.