PRIVATE PLT OF SMA ACFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE LNDG INDICATOR PROBLEM RESULTING IN A SAFE LNDG.

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TKOF AND CLBOUT WERE NORMAL AND I DECIDED TO STAY IN THE PATTERN FOR SOME LNDG PRACTICE. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG; I STARTED MY PRE-LNDG CHKLIST WHEN I DISCOVERED MY NOSE GEAR INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. I CYCLED THE GEAR AND THE LIGHT STILL WAS NOT LIT; SO I WAS INSTRUCTED BY A PERSON ON THE UNICOM TO FLY STRAIGHT DOWN THE RWY AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT MY GEAR. I FLEW BY AND SAME PERSON CAME BACK ON THE RADIO AND TO 'BRING IT IN; AND HOLD THE NOSE OFF.' I WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY LNDG CHKLIST AND IMPLEMENTED THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION FEATURE. I THEN TURNED TO THE BASE LEG WHERE I WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHK THE LIGHT BULBS BY AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL ON THE UNICOM. I KNEW THIS WOULD REQUIRE SOME OF MY ATTN; SO BEFORE I DID IT; I CHKED ALT; SEPARATION; SINK RATE; AND AIRSPD; AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. ON MY TURN TO FINAL; AND ON FINAL; I NOTICED SOME BUFFETING FROM WINDS AND FROM THERMALS AND WAS PUSHED A LITTLE OFF CTRLINE; BUT THIS WAS EASILY CORRECTED WITH R RUDDER. IF MY PATTERN WAS A LITTLE SLOPPY; IT WAS IN NO WAY DANGEROUS NOR COULD I HAVE FLOWN OVER THE INDIVIDUAL'S HOUSE WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT. THE FOLLOWING 2 SKETCHES WILL HELP SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ACFT NOSE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN AND SAFE LNDG WAS MADE. HOWEVER; A LCL RESIDENT ON A HILL UNDERNEATH THE TFC PATTERN COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS ACFT'S HEIGHT OVER HIS HOUSE AS BEING TOO LOW. AFTER THE COMPLAINANT WAS TOLD THE NATURE OF THE RPTR'S PROBLEM; THE MATTER WAS SETTLED WITH. SO FAR; NO FAA INVOLVEMENT. THE AOPA ATTORNEY ADVISED THE RPTR TO FILE THIS RPT JUST IN CASE SOMETHING FURTHER HAPPENED IN THIS MATTER.