What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) After takeoff, the crew noted they had heard a crack and the gear intransit light remained illuminated. Crew declared an emergency and landed without incident. Passengers were deplaned on the runway. Maintenance pinned the gear at which time they noted that the retract actuator attach pin had separated from the nose strut. The FSDO was notified when an inspector was conducting routine surveillance at the ramp facility. Air traffic control never contacted the FSDO.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTED THEY HAD HEARD A CRACK AND THE GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED ON THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE PINNED THE GEAR AT WHICH TIME THEY NOTED THAT THE RETRACT ACTUATOR ATTACH PIN HAD SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT. THE FSDO WAS NOTIFIED WHEN AN INSPECTOR WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE AT THE RAMP FACILITY. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL NEVER CONTACTED THE FSDO.