20220902019049I

On landing at st. Louis Downtown regional airport (kcps) on September 2, 2022 aircraft's nose gear did not travel to the down and locked position on landing. Pilot in command stated that he moved the landing gear handle to the down position but he was unable to verify the gear indicator lights indicated that the gear was in the down and locked position as they are very dim when the navigation lights are turned on. Aircraft proceeded to land with main gear in transit position, not fully down and locked, and nose gear still stowed in its housing. The pilot in command stated that he moved the landing gear lever to the down position and he observed a gear down indication on the pointer indicator and did not verify the gear safe light since it was very dim with the position lights turned on. He stated he routinely operated the airplane with the position lights on and relied on the landing gear down indicator pointer to confirm gear extension. The pictures provided by the airport operations manager depicted the main landing gear doors were in the open position indicating the main landing gear was in the transit position and the nose gear was still in its housing. The technician that removed the aircraft from the runway stated the indicator pointer showed the landing gear down when he entered the aircraft after the incident. The indicator changed to gear up after he used the manual gear extension hand crank to lock the gear down so it could be removed from the runway. During inspection of the aircraft it was observed that the main landing gear were now in the down and locked position and the main landing gear doors were in the closed position. The left nose gear door sustained damage consistent with the gear door opening briefly before making contact with the runway and then being peeled back and scraped by the aircraft sliding on the runway. The pilot did not reference the landing gear status light since it was dim due to the position light activation.