What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: during a flight from 5W9 to dpl in which the pilot/owner was receiving flight instructions, the pilot observed an unsafe nose gear indication after extending the landing gear. After numerous attempts to extend the nose gear, the pilot elected to divert to iso for an attempted unsafe gear landing. Aircraft landed at iso with the nose gear in the retracted position after several attempts to retract electrically and manually. Aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose gear doors, both blades of the propeller were bent aft from the contact with the surface of the runway, minor damage to the bottom surface of the aircraft, scrapes and scratches. Incident under investigation.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING A FLIGHT FROM 5W9 TO DPL IN WHICH THE PILOT/OWNER WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS, THE PILOT OBSERVED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO ISO FOR AN ATTEMPTED UNSAFE GEAR LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ISO WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT ELECTRICALLY AND MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT AFT FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT, SCRAPES AND SCRATCHES. INCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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