What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: student pilot departed chs on cross-country training flight. Planned flight included chs-cae-fay-chs. Pilot landed cae and refueled before departing for fay. Upon arrival at fay, pilot was cleared to land runway 04. Surface winds were northerly at less than 5 knots. Aircraft hit runway and bounced at least twice, collapsing the nose gear and striking the propeller on the runway. On the third contact with the runway, the underside of the nose cowling made full contact with the runway and remained so until the aircraft came to rest. The nose wheel assembly was completely broken off and struck the left main gear spar. The nose wheel strut assembly was bent rearward and forced up below the engine compartment. No injuries were reported.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED CHS ON CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. PLANNED FLIGHT INCLUDED CHS-CAE-FAY-CHS. PILOT LANDED CAE AND REFUELED BEFORE DEPARTING FOR FAY. UPON ARRIVAL AT FAY, PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 04. SURFACE WINDS WERE NORTHERLY AT LESS THAN 5 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY AND BOUNCED AT LEAST TWICE, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY. ON THE THIRD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWLING MADE FULL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND REMAINED SO UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF AND STRUCK THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SPAR. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS BENT REARWARD AND FORCED UP BELOW THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
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