ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM WITH FAULTY NOSE GEAR CIRCUITRY ON APCH. PROBLEM CORRECTS ITSELF AND PIC FAILS TO ENTER ITEM IN LOGBOOK.

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ACFT WAS ON A VISUAL APCH TO GTF AND THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER GEAR EXTENSION; ALTHOUGH ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL -- INCLUDING THE SOUND OF NOSE GEAR AND DOORS. WE REQUESTED VISUAL HOLDING AND BEFORE WE STARTED THE REQUIRED PROC; THE UNSAFE LIGHT WENT OUT BY ITSELF AND THE GREEN LIGHT WENT ON; INDICATING NORMAL GEAR OP. ACFT LNDG WAS NORMAL AND GEAR DOWN LOCK AND SWITCH WAS INSPECTED BY THE CREW AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL. I DID NOT WRITE IT UP BECAUSE THE SITUATION NO LONGER EXISTED; AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY AT THE NEXT STOP. I MENTIONED TO THE RECEIVING CREW WHAT WE HAD NOTICED AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. I BELIEVE THAT WAS INCORRECT AND I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN UP THE NOSE GEAR IN THE LOGBOOK AND HAD A MAINT INSPECTION IN SPITE OF THE SEEMING NORMALCY OF THE OP -- AS THOSE DECISIONS SHOULD ONLY BE MADE BY MAINT AT THE END OF FLT; ALSO; IT WOULD PROVIDE A WRITTEN RECORD TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR ANY FUTURE OPS. I BELIEVE THERE IS PRESENTLY AN OVEREMPHASIS ON OPERATING 'ON TIME' FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT AND THIS CAUSES A SUBTLE PRESSURE TO HURRY WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION.