A CPR PLT FLIES HIS ACFT TO A SVC CTR FOR FURTHER INSPECTION OF A MALFUNCTIONING NOSE GEAR DOOR WITHOUT BEING CERTAIN THAT HE WAS LEGAL WITH REGARDS TO A FERRY PERMIT NEEDED FOR THE FLT FROM DAY; OH.

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WE DID A NORMAL PREFLT AND DEP WITH OUR STANDARD CALLOUTS. AFTER THE LNDG GEAR WAS RETRACTED; THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AFTER REACHING THE REQUIRED SPD. SHORTLY AFTER; A LOUD BUMP WAS FELT ALONG WITH AIR NOISE AT THE NOSE. IT WAS NOTED THE LNDG NOSE GEAR WAS INDICATING UNSAFE AND GREEN. WE PLACED THE LNDG GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT 3 GREEN INDICATIONS. WE CHOSE TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT DAYTON INTL. WE PERFORMED A LOW PASS TO VISUALLY CONFIRM GEAR DOWN AND ALSO HAD GND EQUIP STANDING BY. ONCE IN THE GND; WE CONTACTED MECHS AND TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE EXPERTS ON THE ACFT AND PERFORMED PRESCRIBED VISUAL INSPECTIONS ON THE NOSE GEAR. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. THERE WERE MAINT FACILITIES NEARBY AND ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS LOOKED AT THE NOSE GEAR. HE NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES. AFTER THE PAX SECURED ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION; THE TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES ADVISED ME THAT THEY FELT THE GEAR WAS NORMAL AND I WOULD NOT ENCOUNTER PROBS. IT WAS ONLY AN ANOMALY THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT IF I WANTED I COULD BRING THE ACFT TO THE REPAIR CTR. I ASKED IF I NEEDED A FERRY PERMIT AND THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE ANOMALY THAT I WAS AIRWORTHY ACCORDING TO FARS. I PREFLTED THE ACFT AGAIN AND PERFORMED THE ELECTRONIC GEAR TEST WHICH WAS FOUND NORMAL AND FLEW THE ACFT TO THE SVC CTR. I ELECTED TO LEAVE THE GEAR DOWN. THERE WAS PRESSURE TO FIX THE ACFT QUICKLY OR PERFORM FUNCTION CHKS AND RETURN TO SVC. I SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT IT SITTING IN DAYTON.