What was found
MAF - ON APPROACH INTO MIDLAND, TX, CREW LOWERED LANDING GEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET A POSITIVE DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION FOR NOSE LANDING GEAR. APPROACH ABORTED. GEAR CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES & FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST, CREW WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE GEAR WAS DOWN. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT STOPPED AT RUNWAY END. GEAR LOCKS INSTALLED & ACFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO MX. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NLG DOWNLOCK STRIKER PLATE LOOSE. STRIKER PLATE REMOVED, CLEANED & REINSTALLED. LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TESTS PERFORMED TO VERIFY PROPER OPERATION OF LANDING GEAR AND INDICATING SYS. ACFT TEST FLOWN TO ALSO VERIFY PROPER IN-FLT OPER OF LANDING GEAR SYS. NO ADDITIONAL GEAR SYS DISCREPANCIES NOTED. (X)