What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Upon level off pilot noticed gear was not up and locked and three green lights not displayed. Noticed landing gear control circuit breaker tripped. Selected landing gear handle to the down position, reset trip circuit breaker and breaker immediately tripped. Pilot requested New Castle airport (ilg) control tower visually observe landing gear position during low pass and the tower identified the landing gear appeared to be down "and locked. Both the landing gear control circuit breaker and the pump
Circuit breaker were pulled and emergency gear plunger pulled in accordance with poh/emr. Upon reducing speed, nose gear appeared to touchdown normally but shortly thereafter continued to fall away until prop struck. Minor damage to nose landing gear doors, engine and prop removed for inspection/repair.
As the FAA filed it
UPON LEVEL OFF PILOT NOTICED GEAR WAS NOT UP AND LOCKED AND THREE GREEN LIGHTS NOT DISPLAYED. NOTICED LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. SELECTED LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, RESET TRIP CIRCUIT BREAKER AND BREAKER IMMEDIATELY TRIPPED. PILOT REQUESTED NEW CASTLE AIRPORT (ILG) CONTROL TOWER VISUALLY OBSERVE LANDING GEAR POSITION DURING LOW PASS AND THE TOWER IDENTIFIED THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN "AND LOCKED. BOTH THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE PUMP
CIRCUIT BREAKER WERE PULLED AND EMERGENCY GEAR PLUNGER PULLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH POH/EMR. UPON REDUCING SPEED, NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO TOUCHDOWN NORMALLY BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER CONTINUED TO FALL AWAY UNTIL PROP STRUCK. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, ENGINE AND PROP REMOVED FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR.