What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During an approach to land, the nose wheel position light indicated a malfunction. After trouble shooting the system, the pilot made two "fly-bys" the control tower and one "fly-by" the company maintenance hangar. All surface observations indicated the nose wheel was in the down position. The pilot made a landing and as the nose wheel touched down it collapsed resulting in minor damage to the airplane. Upon inspection of the airplane, the nose gear actuator was found broken and it had jammed the emergency gear extension so that the nose wheel was unable to lock in the down position. Incident privacy data omitted closed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND, THE NOSE WHEEL POSITION LIGHT INDICATED A MALFUNCTION. AFTER TROUBLE SHOOTING THE SYSTEM, THE PILOT MADE TWO "FLY-BYS" THE CONTROL TOWER AND ONE "FLY-BY" THE COMPANY MAINTENANCE HANGAR. ALL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT MADE A LANDING AND AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN IT COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE, THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND BROKEN AND IT HAD JAMMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SO THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS UNABLE TO LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ CLOSED.
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