An air taxi pilot had the nosewheel collapse on landing at fai.

Attributes
ACN	443007
Time
Date	199907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : fai.vortac
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 346 flight time total : 1610 flight time type : 544
ASRS Report	443007
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

I departed runway 1R for venetie and retracted the gear. The 3 gear indicator lights went out, but the red gear unsafe warning light did not illuminate as it should and I also got no gear warning horn as I should. I checked the circuit breaker panel and saw the gear light circuit breaker was popped. I tried to reset it and it would not reset. I then contacted the tower and told them I wanted to come back and land. I entered downwind and contacted our base of operations and told them I had a problem with the gear. Tower asked if I needed any assistance, and I said no. I then asked tower to confirm if my gear was down and they said it looked like I had the gear down. On final, I pulled the power to idle and touched down on the mains and lowered the nose and it kept going down till the propeller contacted the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIR TAXI PLT HAD THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSE ON LNDG AT FAI.

Narrative: I DEPARTED RWY 1R FOR VENETIE AND RETRACTED THE GEAR. THE 3 GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WENT OUT, BUT THE RED GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AS IT SHOULD AND I ALSO GOT NO GEAR WARNING HORN AS I SHOULD. I CHKED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AND SAW THE GEAR LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. I TRIED TO RESET IT AND IT WOULD NOT RESET. I THEN CONTACTED THE TWR AND TOLD THEM I WANTED TO COME BACK AND LAND. I ENTERED DOWNWIND AND CONTACTED OUR BASE OF OPS AND TOLD THEM I HAD A PROB WITH THE GEAR. TWR ASKED IF I NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE, AND I SAID NO. I THEN ASKED TWR TO CONFIRM IF MY GEAR WAS DOWN AND THEY SAID IT LOOKED LIKE I HAD THE GEAR DOWN. ON FINAL, I PULLED THE PWR TO IDLE AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAINS AND LOWERED THE NOSE AND IT KEPT GOING DOWN TILL THE PROP CONTACTED THE RWY.

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.