What happened
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Flight departed mqs for flight instruction, at approximately 0900 EST. 2 pilots were on board, no passengers. The flight began uneventfully. The crew practiced slow flight and approach stall maneuvers, the landing gear was extended and retracted in flight with no abnormalities noted. Upon returning to mqs, just prior to entering the down wind leg, the gear was extended, in transit light illuminated, both MLG down and locked lights illuminated. NLG down and locked light would not illuminate. Crew attempted another gear swing, with the same results. Crew exited the pattern, swapped indicator bulbs to troubleshoot the problem, indication still showed nose gear in transit. After several more attempts to extend the landing gear with yaw maneuvers, an observer was used during a low pass to observe the gear. The mains were retracted, however the nose gear was only patially retracted. The crew attempted steep turns to extend the gear, without success. Finally the decision was made to land with nose gear not down and locked. Aircraft landed with minor damage to chin cowl, damage to all three propeller blades, and engine sudden stoppage. Crew suffered no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT DEPARTED MQS FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 EST. 2 PILOTS WERE ON BOARD, NO PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT BEGAN UNEVENTFULLY. THE CREW PRACTICED SLOW FLIGHT AND APPROACH STALL MANEUVERS, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED IN FLIGHT WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. UPON RETURNING TO MQS, JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING THE DOWN WIND LEG, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, IN TRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BOTH MLG DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. NLG DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. CREW ATTEMPTED ANOTHER GEAR SWING, WITH THE SAME RESULTS. CREW EXITED THE PATTERN, SWAPPED INDICATOR BULBS TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM, INDICATION STILL SHOWED NOSE GEAR IN TRANSIT. AFTER SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITH YAW MANEUVERS, AN OBSERVER WAS USED DURING A LOW PASS TO OBSERVE THE GEAR. THE MAINS WERE RETRACTED, HOWEVER THE NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PATIALLY RETRACTED. THE CREW ATTEMPTED STEEP TURNS TO EXTEND THE GEAR, WITHOUT SUCCESS. FINALLY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO CHIN COWL, DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES, AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE. CREW SUFFERED NO INJURIES.
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