# Incident 20001212026559I: Boeing 757222, Omaha, NE, December 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757222
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001212026559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)N511UA OPERATED AS UALA FLIGHT 1580, EXPERIENCED A NLG UNSAFE INDICATION WHILE ON APPROACH TO RWY 14R, OMA. THE AIRCREW ABORTED APPROACH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS SPECIFIED FOR A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AIRCREW ELECTED TO NOTIFY THE UALA MAINTENANCE CONTROL CENTER AND SFO ENGINEERING. AFTER DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PARTIES IT WAS DETERMINED TO ATTEMPT AN APPROACH AND LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. THE LANDING AND ROLLOUT WERE UNEVENTFUL. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON RWY AND A/C WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE PARKING LOCATION. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN GREASE ZERK OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN BETWEEN THE NOSE GEAR DOWNLOCK ARMS. THE ZERK WAS REMOVED AND THE OVERLOCKS INSTANTLY FELL INTO POSITION. A/C WAS FERRIED TO THE UALA MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN., WHERE GEAR RETRACTIONS WERE PERFORMED AND THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO LINE SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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