What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft nose gear collapsed on landing. (Form 23) during pre-landing checks, pilot recognized that the nose landing gear was failing to indicate down-and-locked condiition after normal attempt to extend landing gear. An attempt to re-cycle the landing gear failed to correct condition. Nose gear collapsed on landing causing minor cowling and airframe damage in addition to associated propeller and engine damage resultant from contact with runway surface. Failure of forward nose landing gear door actuation rod attachment clevis allowed the forward door to interfere with the normal operation extension of the nose landing gear. Privacy data omittedprivacy data omitted there were no reported injuries. The aircraft sustained minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (FORM 23) DURING PRE-LANDING CHECKS, PILOT RECOGNIZED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS FAILING TO INDICATE DOWN-AND-LOCKED CONDIITION AFTER NORMAL ATTEMPT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. AN ATTEMPT TO RE-CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO CORRECT CONDITION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING CAUSING MINOR COWLING AND AIRFRAME DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO ASSOCIATED PROPELLER AND ENGINE DAMAGE RESULTANT FROM CONTACT WITH RUNWAY SURFACE. FAILURE OF FORWARD NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ACTUATION ROD ATTACHMENT CLEVIS ALLOWED THE FORWARD DOOR TO INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL OPERATION EXTENSION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.