What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot departed bvn, Nevada 02/06/2011 in a rockwell commander at 2010-LCL according to his written report. He had received a telephonic weather briefing prior to the routine night VFR cross-country flight with 2 pax on-board. Upon initating the approach at cpm he was unable to obtain a positive indication the nose gear was down & locked, after repeated cycling of the landing gear. Indicates he used emergency checklist during approach. He did not declare an emergency with ATC.the pilot shut-down the engine prior to touchdown and made a soft field landing, resulting in minor damage to the nose-gear doors and the engine exhaust-stack. The NTSB ruled this was an incident on 02/08/2011.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT DEPARTED BVN, NEVADA 02/06/2011 IN A ROCKWELL COMMANDER AT 2010-LCL ACCORDING TO HIS WRITTEN REPORT. HE HAD RECEIVED A TELEPHONIC WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE ROUTINE NIGHT VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH 2 PAX ON-BOARD.UPON INITATING THE APPROACH AT CPM HE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A POSITIVE INDICATION THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN & LOCKED, AFTER REPEATED CYCLING OF THE LANDING GEAR. INDICATES HE USED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST DURING APPROACH. HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC.THE PILOT SHUT-DOWN THE ENGINE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND MADE A SOFT FIELD LANDING, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE-GEAR DOORS AND THE ENGINE EXHAUST-STACK.THE NTSB RULED THIS WAS AN INCIDENT ON 02/08/2011.