What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: pilot stated - on flight to luling and return - land at luling ok - on return leg coming into pattern at eyq lowered landing gear and found no nose gear & no green down lights. Tried many times to cycle gear, also tried manual pump without success. Landed on main gear with nose gear partially retracted - everything ok. Site inspection revealed - damage to nose gear doors and exhaust tip and fairing and propeller blades. Investigation revealed that the malfunction was caused by the upper rubber stop pad missing from pad base - caused gear doors to jam in closed position. Incident closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED - ON FLIGHT TO LULING AND RETURN - LAND AT LULING OK - ON RETURN LEG COMING INTO PATTERN AT EYQ LOWERED LANDING GEAR AND FOUND NO NOSE GEAR & NO GREEN DOWN LIGHTS. TRIED MANY TIMES TO CYCLE GEAR, ALSO TRIED MANUAL PUMP WITHOUT SUCCESS. LANDED ON MAIN GEAR WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED - EVERYTHING OK. SITE INSPECTION REVEALED - DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND EXHAUST TIP AND FAIRING AND PROPELLER BLADES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS CAUSED BY THE UPPER RUBBER STOP PAD MISSING FROM PAD BASE - CAUSED GEAR DOORS TO JAM IN CLOSED POSITION. INCIDENT CLOSED.
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