A B767's green nose gear down light failed to illuminate with the gear handle down but the tower rep...

Attributes
ACN	889361
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

On approach at gear down and flaps 20; 'nose' gear down light did not illuminate. Advised tower; declared emergency and asked if they could see nose gear as we flew over runway. They reported that it appeared to be down. We flew left traffic pattern up to 5000 ft. In the moment with the gear distraction we may have had a momentary flap overspeed of about 5 KTS at flaps 20. On downwind; I contacted maintenance and had them verify how to change the 2 'nose' bulbs to be sure the gear was in fact down. After bulbs changed; 'nose' gear did in fact indicate down. We landed normally. On gate arrival briefed maintenance and entered 'information to maintenance' in regard to 'nose' bulbs and flaps.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767's green nose gear down light failed to illuminate with the gear handle down but the Tower reported that the gear appeared down and locked. After the bulbs were changed the light indicated green so a normal landing followed.

Narrative: On approach at gear down and flaps 20; 'NOSE' gear down light did not illuminate. Advised Tower; declared emergency and asked if they could see nose gear as we flew over Runway. They reported that it appeared to be down. We flew left traffic pattern up to 5000 FT. In the moment with the gear distraction we may have had a momentary flap overspeed of about 5 KTS at flaps 20. On downwind; I contacted Maintenance and had them verify how to change the 2 'NOSE' bulbs to be sure the gear was in fact down. After bulbs changed; 'NOSE' gear did in fact indicate down. We landed normally. On gate arrival briefed Maintenance and entered 'information to maintenance' in regard to 'NOSE' bulbs and flaps.

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.

A B767's green nose gear down light failed to illuminate with the gear handle down but the tower reported that the gear appeared down and locked. After the bulbs were changed the light indicated green so a normal landing followed.