What happened
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Narrative: history of flight: on July 28, 1994, at 09:30 am CDT, an uneventful take off was made from Texarkana airport, Texarkana, AR. (Txk). After flying locally for one hour, in preparation for landing, the landing gear handle was placed in the down position. The gear safe light did not illuminate. A visual observation with a mirror revealed the nose landing gear doors were open. Use of the landing gear emergency hand pump failed to position the nose landing gear to the safe position. An uneventful landing was made with the nose landing gear doors open. Damage to the aircraft: none. Test and research: an inspection of the aircraft revealed a broken wire in the nose landing gear wheel well. The aircraft was flown to addison, Texas for repair. The following day the aircraft flew an uneventful flight from addison Texas to lancaster California. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON JULY 28, 1994, AT 09:30 AM CDT, AN UNEVENTFUL TAKE OFF WAS MADE FROM TEXARKANA AIRPORT, TEXARKANA, AR. (TXK). AFTER FLYING LOCALLY FOR ONE HOUR, IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE GEAR SAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. A VISUAL OBSERVATION WITH A MIRROR REVEALED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN. USE OF THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY HAND PUMP FAILED TO POSITION THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO THE SAFE POSITION. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS OPEN. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: NONE. TEST AND RESEARCH: AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO ADDISON, TEXAS FOR REPAIR. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE AIRCRAFT FLEW AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM ADDISON TEXAS TO LANCASTER CALIFORNIA. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.
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