What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)Aircraft returning to opf, after a revenue flight to nassu, landed with the nose landing gear (l/g) not down and locked. The pilot had selected gear down and heard a loud bank a few seconds later. He accessed the l/g motor through the access panel and found the motor running. He pulled the l/g circuit breaker and attempted to extend the gear manually. The tower confirmed the gear was only partially extended prior to attempting the manual extention. He observed the chain wrapping around the drive shaft in the nose landing gear area. He was not able to extend the gear and get a green light. He completed three fly-bys of the tower. On the third fly-by the green light came on. He landed on runway 30, without the nose l/g being down. Aircraft skidded off the left side of runway, sustaining only minor damage. Post incident inspection found the chain had broken.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO OPF, AFTER A REVENUE FLIGHT TO NASSU, LANDED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (L/G) NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT HAD SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND HEARD A LOUD BANK A FEW SECONDS LATER. HE ACCESSED THE L/G MOTOR THROUGH THE ACCESS PANEL AND FOUND THE MOTOR RUNNING. HE PULLED THE L/G CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR MANUALLY. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING THE MANUAL EXTENTION. HE OBSERVED THE CHAIN WRAPPING AROUND THE DRIVE SHAFT IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AREA. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE COMPLETED THREE FLY-BYS OF THE TOWER. ON THE THIRD FLY-BY THE GREEN LIGHT CAME ON. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30, WITHOUT THE NOSE L/G BEING DOWN. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, SUSTAINING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION FOUND THE CHAIN HAD BROKEN.
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