Cessna 310 had nose gear fail to fully extend and it collapsed upon landing.

Attributes
ACN	352549
Time
Date	199611
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fpr
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 310/T310C
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 450
ASRS Report	352549
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

I was preparing the aircraft to land at fpr entering extended right base leg traffic. Slowed the aircraft to its recommended operating speeds to extend the landing gear. Noticed I did not have 3 green position lights on the console. Verified that the nose gear position light was indeed working, also verified through a power reduction for the sound of the gear horn which did come on. I then recycled the landing gear several times also verifying with the fort pierce control tower staff visual confirmation of nose gear position each time. Finally conducted an emergency manual gear extension per operator's handbook for correctness. Verified with the tower again and also utilized a local field a&P mechanic offering his visual expertise and advice. Still had the absent nose gear light and nose gear not fully extended. Prepared and executed a power-on soft field type of landing on runway 09 at fpr. Upon touch down cut power, mixture controls. Held nose off through the elevator control till it collapsed. Turned off both fuel selectors and all switches, evacuate/evacuationed aircraft. No injuries to report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CESSNA 310 HAD NOSE GEAR FAIL TO FULLY EXTEND AND IT COLLAPSED UPON LNDG.

Narrative: I WAS PREPARING THE ACFT TO LAND AT FPR ENTERING EXTENDED R BASE LEG TFC. SLOWED THE ACFT TO ITS RECOMMENDED OPERATING SPDS TO EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR. NOTICED I DID NOT HAVE 3 GREEN POS LIGHTS ON THE CONSOLE. VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR POS LIGHT WAS INDEED WORKING, ALSO VERIFIED THROUGH A PWR REDUCTION FOR THE SOUND OF THE GEAR HORN WHICH DID COME ON. I THEN RECYCLED THE LNDG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES ALSO VERIFYING WITH THE FORT PIERCE CTL TWR STAFF VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF NOSE GEAR POS EACH TIME. FINALLY CONDUCTED AN EMER MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PER OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK FOR CORRECTNESS. VERIFIED WITH THE TWR AGAIN AND ALSO UTILIZED A LCL FIELD A&P MECH OFFERING HIS VISUAL EXPERTISE AND ADVICE. STILL HAD THE ABSENT NOSE GEAR LIGHT AND NOSE GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED. PREPARED AND EXECUTED A PWR-ON SOFT FIELD TYPE OF LNDG ON RWY 09 AT FPR. UPON TOUCH DOWN CUT PWR, MIXTURE CTLS. HELD NOSE OFF THROUGH THE ELEVATOR CTL TILL IT COLLAPSED. TURNED OFF BOTH FUEL SELECTORS AND ALL SWITCHES, EVACED ACFT. NO INJURIES TO RPT.

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.