MLG HAS GEAR MALFUNCTION LIGHTS. DOES FLY BY MAKES APCH. ON DOWNWIND GEAR SAFE LIGHT COMES ON. SUCCESSFUL LNDG.

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INBOUND TO BTR; VISUAL APCH TO RWY 31; APPROX 1500 FT AGL ON GEAR EXTENSION THE NOSE LNDG GEAR LIGHTS; INDICATING THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED; DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS DID OPERATE NORMALLY ON GEAR EXTENSION. THIS ACFT ALSO HAS A MECHANICAL DOWN LOCK INDICATOR FOR THE NOSE GEAR WHICH INDICATED IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED; AND A GEAR/FLAP AURAL WARNING SYS WHICH ALSO INDICATED GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. I ELECTED TO MAKE A LOW PASS OVER THE RWY AND REQUESTED THE TWR TO VISUALLY ASSESS THE POS OF OUR NOSE GEAR. AFTER THE LOW APCH WE ENTERED R TFC FOR RWY 31. WHILE ON DOWNWIND WE BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING AND CHKLISTS; BUT BEFORE ANY ACTION WAS TAKEN THE GEAR INDICATING LIGHTS CAME ON NORMALLY. TWR WAS ADVISED AND A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG WAS MADE. PRIOR TO AND DURING OUR PROBLEM; THERE WAS AN SMT ACFT THAT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM BTR THAT ALSO HAD A GEAR PROBLEM WE WERE AWARE OF THAT ACFT AND THAT THE TWR WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS PROBLEM. OUR REQUEST APPARENTLY PLACED ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE LCL CTLR (RWY 22R/4L WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME AND HE MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE LOSS OF SECOND RWY). WE DID NOT CALL OUT EMER EQUIP; NOR DID THE SMT; TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE; BUT THE LCL CTLR DID CALL OUT THE EQUIP. SHORTLY AFTER WE LANDED; THE SMT ALSO LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NOT CALLED OUR EQUIP I COMPLETED A RESPONSE FORM FOR CRASH PERSONNEL. I DID THIS RELUCTANTLY; FEELING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TWR PERSONNEL. SEVERAL OF MY PAXS WERE CONCERNED BY LOW APCH; BUT MORE BY PRESENCE OF EMER EQUIP ON THE RAMP TO MEET US. I CAN APPRECIATE THE LCL CTLRS CONCERNS AND NEEDS; BUT WOULD HAVE LIKED IT IF HE HAD HAD THE EQUIP IN PLACE FOR THE OTHER ACFT AND HAD IT STAND DOWN FOR US WHEN WE ADVISED HIM OF NORMAL OP.