Despite gear safe indication; C402 suffers nose gear collapse on landing.

Attributes
ACN	764098
Time
Date	200712
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1450 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	764098
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On right downwind; the landing gear extended normally with a positive indication of 3 green lights and no red lights. A normal landing was performed with the main wheels touching down first. Utilized aeronautical dynamic braking by holding the nosewheel off until airspeed decreased. As the nose was lowered it was apparent there was a gear abnormality. The nosewheel did not support the aircraft and collapsed. Aircraft came to a stop on the centerline. Shut down aircraft and evacuate/evacuationed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DESPITE GEAR SAFE INDICATION; C402 SUFFERS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LNDG.

Narrative: ON R DOWNWIND; THE LNDG GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY WITH A POSITIVE INDICATION OF 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND NO RED LIGHTS. A NORMAL LNDG WAS PERFORMED WITH THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHING DOWN FIRST. UTILIZED AERO DYNAMIC BRAKING BY HOLDING THE NOSEWHEEL OFF UNTIL AIRSPD DECREASED. AS THE NOSE WAS LOWERED IT WAS APPARENT THERE WAS A GEAR ABNORMALITY. THE NOSEWHEEL DID NOT SUPPORT THE ACFT AND COLLAPSED. ACFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE CTRLINE. SHUT DOWN ACFT AND EVACED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.