SINGLE PLT IFR FORCED TO MAKE GO AROUND WHEN NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON. FAILED TO FOLLOW MISSED APCH PROC.

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AT THE TIME OF THIS APCH (APPROX XX15) I WAS A LITTLE TIRED; HAVING FLOWN FROM ISM (4.2) EVADING TSTMS ALONG THE ENTIRE ROUTE; ETC. I HAD PURPOSELY SLEPT LATE THAT MORNING UNTIL XA00 AM TO BE PROPERLY RESTED FOR THE RETURN FLT; BUT LATE PAX DELAYED THE DEP 1 1/2 HRS ALSO. I WAS USING THE AUTOPLT TO REDUCE CREW LOAD AND IT HAD PROPERLY CAPTURED THE ILS. AT THE MARKER I SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND FOUND NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT. APCH HAD TRANSFERRED ME TO TWR; AND I WAS INSTRUCTED TO REDUCE AIRSPD TO MINIMUM APCH FOR TIMING; TO ALLOW ANOTHER ACFT TO LAND FIRST. FEARING POSSIBLE COMPLETE HYD FLUID LOSS; I WANTED TO BREAK THE APCH ASAP AND TROUBLESHOOT THE PROB AWAY FROM THE ARPT. I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN RIGHT UP TO THE ARPT AND HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CONFLICTING TFC; MAINTAINING A REDUCED AIRSPD; AND MY GEAR PROB ALL AT ONCE. SO; I STARTED A GRADUAL RIGHT TURN AWAY FROM THE ARPT AND TOWARDS LAKE ST CLAIR; AND STARTED INCREASING AIRSPD TO A MORE COMFORTABLE SPD. I WANTED TO NOTIFY TWR IMMEDIATELY; BUT THE FREQ WAS CONGESTED FOR A FEW SECS. ASAP; I TOLD THEM I HAD A GEAR PROB AND WAS BREAKING OFF THE APCH TO TROUBLESHOOT THE GEAR PROB. I SAW TFC ABOVE ME GOING N TO S; WHICH WOULD BE NO FACTOR. I INITIATED A SLOW CLB BACK UP FROM THE G/S DSCNT WITH THE GO AROUND BUTTON ON THE PWR LEVER AND ARMED THE ALT CAPTURE FOR 4000'. FOR SOME REASON; IT DIDN'T CAPTURE AT 3.5. I WAS DIVIDING MY ATTN WITH THE POH LNDG GEAR SECTION AND DIDN'T CATCH IT UNTIL 4400'. BY THIS TIME; I HAD RECONTACTED APCH WHO WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT ME BREAKING OFF THE APCH; AND CLBING. I COMPLETED THE TROUBLESHOOTING PROCS; CONDUCTED A FLY-BY THE DET TWR WHO USED THEIR GREEN LIGHT TO INSPECT THE NOSEGEAR; AND THEN LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. I THINK A BETTER ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO CLB TO CONTINUE THE APCH COURSE RATHER THAN TURNING; BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO ENTER THE CONGESTION AROUND THE ARPT AND ELECTED TO PROCEED NE VFR. CAUSES: FREQ CONGESTION. THE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY WHEN CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPID HYD FLUID LOSS. I WAS A LITTLE TIRED AND NOT AS SHARP AS IN THE FIRST OF THE DAY. ALSO; THE FACT THAT I HAD NEVER MENTALLY PUT MYSELF IN THIS SITUATION PRIOR TO FLT; SO AS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PREPLANNED COURSE OF ACTION OR PRIORITIES. I REMEMBER MY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACH SPENDING HRS; SITTING ON THE BENCH WITH US PLAYING 'MENTAL BASEBALL;' IE; 'WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF...' ALTHOUGH I HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH ALL KINDS OF INFLT SITUATIONS IN MY MIND; I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS ONE BEFORE. THIS TYPE OF REACTION MENTAL PLANNING IS MY WAY OF COMBATTING THE 'FAT; DUMB AND HAPPY' SYNDROME; BUT WHEN FACED WITH THIS SITUATION; I JUST DID THE BEST THAT I COULD; WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN SOME INADVERTENT AIRSPACE INCURSION.