Narrative:

On takeoff at about 100 KTS we received a nose wheel steering inoperative caution message. My first officer was pilot flying and I stated to continue the takeoff. After the initial takeoff phase; I gave all radios and flight controls to him and ran the QRH upon which the message cleared. We continued to our scheduled destination. The weather was winds 320/15 and almost clear skies. They were conducting visual approaches to runway 31. We were about five miles out when selecting the gear down. Soon after we received nose wheel steering inoperative and gear disagree warning messages. It appeared that the main gear had come down but the nose gear was still in the up position. We went around; established roles in the cockpit like before and I ran the QRH. We also declared an emergency. We attempted to cycle the gear a couple of times but our attempts were unsuccessful. We used the manual gear extension to finally get the nose gear to come down; but then had difficulty stowing the handle; so we ultimately landed with the handle still in the pulled position. We also did a fly by with the tower once and then landed the second time. We prepared for a possible nose wheel steering inoperative as well on the roll out which we did receive. We landed on runway 31 and brought the aircraft to a stop on centerline; shut down and configured for a tow into the gate. We had about 3;400 pounds when we first got the warnings and landed with 1;900 pounds. I communicated several times with the flight attendant and the passengers about our situation in the air as well as on the ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200 nose wheel steering EICAS alerted on takeoff but was corrected by QRH action. When the gear was lowered for landing the nose gear did not extend and so was lowered manually but the extension handle would not stow. An emergency was declared; the aircraft stopped on the runway and was subsequently towed to the gate.

Narrative: On takeoff at about 100 KTS we received a nose wheel steering inoperative caution message. My First Officer was pilot flying and I stated to continue the takeoff. After the initial takeoff phase; I gave all radios and flight controls to him and ran the QRH upon which the message cleared. We continued to our scheduled destination. The weather was winds 320/15 and almost clear skies. They were conducting visual approaches to Runway 31. We were about five miles out when selecting the gear down. Soon after we received nose wheel steering inoperative and gear disagree warning messages. It appeared that the main gear had come down but the nose gear was still in the up position. We went around; established roles in the cockpit like before and I ran the QRH. We also declared an emergency. We attempted to cycle the gear a couple of times but our attempts were unsuccessful. We used the manual gear extension to finally get the nose gear to come down; but then had difficulty stowing the handle; so we ultimately landed with the handle still in the pulled position. We also did a fly by with the tower once and then landed the second time. We prepared for a possible nose wheel steering inoperative as well on the roll out which we did receive. We landed on Runway 31 and brought the aircraft to a stop on centerline; shut down and configured for a tow into the gate. We had about 3;400 LBS when we first got the warnings and landed with 1;900 LBS. I communicated several times with the Flight Attendant and the passengers about our situation in the air as well as on the ground.

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.