B-757 SUFFERS A RAPID NOSEWHEEL DROP ON LNDG; MINOR ACFT DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE PAX INJURY.

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I SHOT VOR APCH TO RWY 8 BQN; NIGHT. I WAS KEPT HIGH; 6000 FT HAD TO USE GEAR AND FULL FLAPS TO CROSS FINAL APCH FIX AT PROPER ALT. JUST PRIOR TO FINAL APCH FIX THERE WAS SOME WX I FLEW THROUGH. LNDG ON MAIN GEAR WAS VERY GOOD; THEN NOSE LOWERED VERY QUICKLY. ROLLOUT NORMAL. FLT ATTENDANT RPTED 2 CEILING PANELS FELL. MAINT WAS CALLED OUT. HE AND FO FELT THAT THE MAIN GEAR BRAKES MAY HAVE COLLECTED MOISTURE AND FROZE UP; THEREBY CAUSING NOSE TO LOWER QUICK. I INFORMED MAINT TO INSPECT NOSE GEAR AREA. HE DID AND STATED HE PERFORMED A GOOD WALK AROUND; ONLY FAULTS FOUND; L NOSE TIRE WORN; ALSO #3 FRONT MAIN. HE DID A BIT CHK OF ANTI-SKID AND AUTO- BRAKES; THEY CHKED OK. HE NOTED THAT ACFT HAD PREVIOUS WRITEUP OF NOSE HVY; NUMBER XX; JUNE. I DID NOT USE AUTO BRAKES. NEITHER I NOR FO FELT A HARD LNDG HAD TAKEN PLACE. UPON RETURNING TO MIA ON NEXT DAY I REWROTE BQN MAINT LETTER CONCERNING HIS WALK-AROUND IN E-6; AND WENT OVER SIT WITH MIA MAINT. GETTING INTO LIMO; BQN FLT ATTENDANT MENTIONED 1 FIRST CLASS PAX MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HIS NECK; ALTHOUGH 2 OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN FIRST CLASS FELT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT PAX. FO EXPERIENCED NORMAL LNDG ON NEXT DAY SAME ACFT MIA; ALTHOUGH HE USED AN EXTRA DEG OR TWO OF NOSE UP TRIM.