What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Incident aircraft was inbound runway 23 and expereinced a nose gear collapse immediately after nose gear touchdown.
PIC stated he was set up on an IFR approach to the airfield. He stated he put the gear down at approximately 130 KTS and 1.5 km from the glide slope intercept point. PIC stated landing gear went down normally with possibly a slightly louder sound on deployment. The single green light for gear down was illuminated, the red arrow in the site gauge on the center console floor indicated gear down. The PIC also stated that he could see the nose gear in the down position by referencing a mirror designated to view the nose landing gear on the inboard side of the left engine cowling. The PIC stated he re-confirmed all possible gear indications (light- arrow-mirror) just prior to decision height and all indicated gear down normal. PIC stated after normal aerobraking he lowered the nose, and did not feel the nose gear touch as expected. PIC stated he then saw then saw the left prop strike ground as the nose fell to the ground. The incident aircraft slid to a stop slightly left of centerline and with some smoke coming up from the floor. The PIC stated he quickly shut down all power and emergency ground egressed the aircraft.
Upon inspector arrival at the incident aircraft, it was determined the extent of the damage to the aircraft was not substantial. Inspectors took pilot statement, took pictures of incident aircraft, and reviewed maintenance logbooks.
Component failure was the nose gear actuator retract arm.
As the FAA filed it
INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND RUNWAY 23 AND EXPEREINCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN.
PIC STATED HE WAS SET UP ON AN IFR APPROACH TO THE AIRFIELD. HE STATED HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 130 KTS AND 1.5 KM FROM THE GLIDE SLOPE INTERCEPT POINT. PIC STATED LANDING GEAR WENT DOWN NORMALLY WITH POSSIBLY A SLIGHTLY LOUDER SOUND ON DEPLOYMENT. THE SINGLE GREEN LIGHT FOR GEAR DOWN WAS ILLUMINATED, THE RED ARROW IN THE SITE GAUGE ON THE CENTER CONSOLE FLOOR INDICATED GEAR DOWN. THE PIC ALSO STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THE NOSE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION BY REFERENCING A MIRROR DESIGNATED TO VIEW THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING. THE PIC STATED HE RE-CONFIRMED ALL POSSIBLE GEAR INDICATIONS (LIGHT- ARROW-MIRROR) JUST PRIOR TO DECISION HEIGHT AND ALL INDICATED GEAR DOWN NORMAL. PIC STATED AFTER NORMAL AEROBRAKING HE LOWERED THE NOSE, AND DID NOT FEEL THE NOSE GEAR TOUCH AS EXPECTED. PIC STATED HE THEN SAW THEN SAW THE LEFT PROP STRIKE GROUND AS THE NOSE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND WITH SOME SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE FLOOR. THE PIC STATED HE QUICKLY SHUT DOWN ALL POWER AND EMERGENCY GROUND EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.
UPON INSPECTOR ARRIVAL AT THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. INSPECTORS TOOK PILOT STATEMENT, TOOK PICTURES OF INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, AND REVIEWED MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS.
COMPONENT FAILURE WAS THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR RETRACT ARM.