What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 02/23/2020, the pilot went for a pleasure flight on returning to the airport the landing gear was extended. The main gear came out and locked with a thud. The gear unsafe light stayed on. The gear handle returned to the down neutral position. But the nose gear had failed to extend. The pilot tried to recycle the gear but the gear handle would not move. He tried the emergency extend handle but he could not move it. He flew around to burn off fuel. The aircraft was landed with the nose gear in the retracted position.
As the FAA filed it
ON 02/23/2020, THE PILOT WENT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT ON RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED. THE MAIN GEAR CAME OUT AND LOCKED WITH A THUD. THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT STAYED ON. THE GEAR HANDLE RETURNED TO THE DOWN NEUTRAL POSITION. BUT THE NOSE GEAR HAD FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT TRIED TO RECYCLE THE GEAR BUT THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. HE TRIED THE EMERGENCY EXTEND HANDLE BUT HE COULD NOT MOVE IT. HE FLEW AROUND TO BURN OFF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.
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