What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft was approching clt for landing, as pilots selected 10 degrees of flaps the aircraft begin to lose hydraulic fluid. After selecting gear down, they did not get a down and locked indication. The emergency gear extention was utilized and the main gear came down and indicated locked, but the nose gear did not extend. The flight engineer went down into the nose gear area and manually extend the nose gear. Nose gear seemed to be down and locked but had no down lock indication in cockpit. Aircraft landed on runway 36C and during landing rollout nose gear collapsed. Passengers and crew evacuated aircraft with no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS APPROCHING CLT FOR LANDING, AS PILOTS SELECTED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO LOSE HYDRAULIC FLUID. AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN, THEY DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENTION WAS UTILIZED AND THE MAIN GEAR CAME DOWN AND INDICATED LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER WENT DOWN INTO THE NOSE GEAR AREA AND MANUALLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR SEEMED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED BUT HAD NO DOWN LOCK INDICATION IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36C AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.
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