Narrative:

I was the pilot flying on a visual approach. I called for gear down at about 2;000 ft AGL. First officer noticed a red nose light illuminate without a green nose light; and the left and right main gear green lights illuminated. First officer called the tower and told him we were going missed and that we had a problem with the gear. We left the gear down and tower instructed us to fly a 300 degree heading and climb and maintain 3;000 ft. The first officer pushed the condition levers to maximum and I climbed at 120 KTS. When I leveled at 3;000 ft; I never exceeded more than 130 KTS. We were handed over to departure and asked what our intentions were. We stated we wanted delaying vectors and wanted to run the checklist. I asked the first officer to get out the emergency checklist. He did and we ran the alternate landing gear extension checklist. We got all 3 green lights illuminated and the red nose light went out. We confirmed 3 green with the alternate gear locked down indicator. I asked approach to vector us for landing and asked the first officer to brief the flight attendant and the passengers. He told the flight attendant that we had a problem with our gear and executed a go-around; but the problem was fixed and we would be back on the ground in 5-10 minutes. We did not brace the passengers. He then told the passengers that we did a missed approach and that we would be landing in 10 minutes. I did not declare an emergency and I did not ask for crash fire rescue. We landed and taxied to the gate without further incident. I called my dispatcher and maintenance after the incident and debriefed my first officer and flight attendant.

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Title: A DHC-8's nose landing gear did not extend during approach. While on delaying vectors the 'ALTERNATE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION' checklist was run. The nose gear extended to a normal position. An emergency was not declared.

Narrative: I was the pilot flying on a visual approach. I called for gear down at about 2;000 FT AGL. First Officer noticed a red nose light illuminate without a green nose light; and the left and right main gear green lights illuminated. First Officer called the Tower and told him we were going missed and that we had a problem with the gear. We left the gear down and Tower instructed us to fly a 300 degree heading and climb and maintain 3;000 FT. The First Officer pushed the condition levers to maximum and I climbed at 120 KTS. When I leveled at 3;000 FT; I never exceeded more than 130 KTS. We were handed over to Departure and asked what our intentions were. We stated we wanted delaying vectors and wanted to run the checklist. I asked the First Officer to get out the emergency checklist. He did and we ran the Alternate Landing Gear Extension checklist. We got all 3 green lights illuminated and the red nose light went out. We confirmed 3 green with the alternate gear locked down indicator. I asked Approach to vector us for landing and asked the First Officer to brief the Flight Attendant and the passengers. He told the Flight Attendant that we had a problem with our gear and executed a go-around; but the problem was fixed and we would be back on the ground in 5-10 minutes. We did not brace the passengers. He then told the passengers that we did a missed approach and that we would be landing in 10 minutes. I did not declare an emergency and I did not ask for Crash Fire Rescue. We landed and taxied to the gate without further incident. I called my Dispatcher and maintenance after the incident and debriefed my First Officer and Flight Attendant.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.