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Upon lowering gear, the crew discovered the nose gear did not show, down and locked. After a go around and several fly-by's the aircraft landed safely without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489127 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon tower : frg.tower tower : jfk.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | controller radar : 8 flight time last 90 days : 262 |
| ASRS Report | 489127 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : executed go around |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On final approach to landing the captain called for gear down before landing checklist. On readback of checklist it was observed we did not have a nose gear indication down confirmed. We notified tower and successfully completed a go around. After running through the problem solving checklist we still had no confirmation of a nose gear down and locked. We requested a low fly-by of republic airport tower to confirm. We completed 2 fly-by's and got an incomplete answer. Company also flew along side and the same conclusion that the gear was not locked. After talking to flight control in st louis, we completed 2 fly-by's on runway 4L at jfk. They confirmed gear looked down. Then we flew out south of jfk and continued to burn off fuel to 1000 pounds and was cleared to land runway 4R. We completed emergency landing checklist with the nose gear not locked. After touchdown nose gear did not fail and a normal rollout was completed. Passenger were evacuate/evacuationed as per checklist.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UPON LOWERING GEAR, THE CREW DISCOVERED THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT SHOW, DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER A GAR AND SEVERAL FLY-BY'S THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: ON FINAL APCH TO LNDG THE CAPT CALLED FOR GEAR DOWN BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST. ON READBACK OF CHKLIST IT WAS OBSERVED WE DID NOT HAVE A NOSE GEAR INDICATION DOWN CONFIRMED. WE NOTIFIED TWR AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A GAR. AFTER RUNNING THROUGH THE PROB SOLVING CHKLIST WE STILL HAD NO CONFIRMATION OF A NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. WE REQUESTED A LOW FLY-BY OF REPUBLIC ARPT TWR TO CONFIRM. WE COMPLETED 2 FLY-BY'S AND GOT AN INCOMPLETE ANSWER. COMPANY ALSO FLEW ALONG SIDE AND THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED. AFTER TALKING TO FLT CTL IN ST LOUIS, WE COMPLETED 2 FLY-BY'S ON RWY 4L AT JFK. THEY CONFIRMED GEAR LOOKED DOWN. THEN WE FLEW OUT S OF JFK AND CONTINUED TO BURN OFF FUEL TO 1000 LBS AND WAS CLRED TO LAND RWY 4R. WE COMPLETED EMER LNDG CHKLIST WITH THE NOSE GEAR NOT LOCKED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN NOSE GEAR DID NOT FAIL AND A NORMAL ROLLOUT WAS COMPLETED. PAX WERE EVACED AS PER CHKLIST.
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.