What happened
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(-23) Delta 1636 on a routine flight from kslc to kden encountered a nose gear malfunction on lowering the gear for landing @ den, leveled off at 1000' AGL, made a fly by over the den control tower, which confirmed the nose gear did not extend. The aircraft remained in the local traffic pattern and landed with the nose gear not extended on runway 16R. Video showed a normal landing with the pilot holding the airplane nose off the runway until the pilot decelerated to a slower speed. After lowering the nose to the runway the aircraft came to near normal deceleration and stop. The aircraft incurred considerable shear on the underside of the forward fuselage. The passengers (without injuries) were deplaned using portable stairs furnished by Denver operations and bussed to the terminal without further incident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DELTA 1636 ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM KSLC TO KDEN ENCOUNTERED A NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION ON LOWERING THE GEAR FOR LANDING @ DEN, LEVELED OFF AT 1000' AGL, MADE A FLY BY OVER THE DEN CONTROL TOWER, WHICH CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDED ON RUNWAY 16R. VIDEO SHOWED A NORMAL LANDING WITH THE PILOT HOLDING THE AIRPLANE NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE PILOT DECELERATED TO A SLOWER SPEED. AFTER LOWERING THE NOSE TO THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO NEAR NORMAL DECELERATION AND STOP. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED CONSIDERABLE SHEAR ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE. THE PASSENGERS (WITHOUT INJURIES) WERE DEPLANED USING PORTABLE STAIRS FURNISHED BY DENVER OPERATIONS AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
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