A BE18 EXECUTED A GAR WHEN THE LNDG GEAR DOWN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. TOWER CONFIRMED 3 GEAR DOWN WITH A GREEN LIGHT NEXT APCH; BUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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ON DOWNWIND; I PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND SAW A GREEN LIGHT AND FINISHED MY BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN; I DID MY LAST CHANCE CHKS AND SAW THAT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR MY LNDG GEAR WAS NO LONGER ON. I WENT TO FULL PWR AND STARTED MY GAR. MY MAINS TOUCHED DOWN LIGHTLY FOR A SECOND BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO ARREST MY DSCNT. I RETRACT MY FLAPS TO 15 DEGS AND WHEN I WENT TO RETRACT MY GEAR; I SAW THE GREEN LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN. I RETRACTED MY GEAR; CALLED THE TWR; AND TOLD THEM I WAS GOING AROUND; AND THEY SAID; OK ENTER L OR R DOWNWIND; MY CHOICE. ONCE I WAS ON L DOWNWIND; I TOLD TWR THE REASON THAT I WENT AROUND WAS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A GREEN LIGHT AND WAS AFRAID THAT MY GEAR WAS NOT FULLY LOCKED. AT THAT POINT; I PUT THE GEAR BACK DOWN AND TO SEE IF THEY COULD TELL IF IT WAS DOWN. THEY ASKED ME IF I HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS; AND I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD ONLY 1; BUT THIS PLANE ONLY HAS 1 GREEN LIGHT. HE SAID THAT I HAD 3 GEAR DOWN AND THEY APPEAR TO BE IN POS. AND I CONFIRMED THAT I STILL HAD A GREEN LIGHT. I WAS CLRED TO LAND AND COMPLETED MY CHKLIST. ON SHORT FINAL; I ASKED AGAIN FOR THEM TO CONFIRM THAT I STILL HAD 3 GEAR DOWN. THEY SAID YES. AFTER TOUCHDOWN; I ROLLED OUT AND RETRACTED MY FLAPS AS NORMAL ON A BEECH 18 AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES; THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR FOLDED UNDER AND THE NOSE OF THE PLANE TOUCHED THE RWY. I EXITED THE PLT WINDOW WITH THE AIRPLANE STILL ON THE CTRLINE. I HAD NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PROPS; THE NOSE GEAR; AND THE NOSE CONE. THE PLANE WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR. ONE LAST NOTE: WHEN WE REMOVED MY HEADSETS AND THINGS FROM THE PLANE; THE GREEN GEAR LIGHT WAS STILL ON.