What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5) On takeoff from mci, the pilot selected gear up. Both main landing gears retracted, the nose gear did not. The pilot selected gear down. All gears indicated down and locked. Aircraft returned to mci without further incident or injury to passengers or crew. No emergency was declared. Vanguard replaced nose landing gear down lock actuator and actuator casting, along with nose landing gear tunion bearings.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) ON TAKEOFF FROM MCI, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS RETRACTED, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT. THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. ALL GEARS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. VANGUARD REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR AND ACTUATOR CASTING, ALONG WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR TUNION BEARINGS.
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