What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: on March 16, 1996 at 1430 hours, mountain daylight time, a yak CJ-6A, piloted by r. lee harmon, camano island, Washington, landed at Leadville, Colorado airport with landing gear retracted. The pilot reported being distracted by an army chinook helicopter. Upon turning base leg to final the pilot was attempting to maintain separation from the helicopter. At this time he would have normally performed the before landing checklist (gump-c) in which assuring aircraft separation. The pilot continued the approach through base and final, reciting but not checking (gump-c) before touchdown, on airspeed, on centerline, at the numbers with landing gear retracted. There was minimal damage to the aircraft. No sustained injuries to the pilot.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 16, 1996 AT 1430 HOURS, MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A YAK CJ-6A, PILOTED BY R. LEE HARMON, CAMANO ISLAND, WASHINGTON, LANDED AT LEADVILLE, COLORADO AIRPORT WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT REPORTED BEING DISTRACTED BY AN ARMY CHINOOK HELICOPTER. UPON TURNING BASE LEG TO FINAL THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION FROM THE HELICOPTER. AT THIS TIME HE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY PERFORMED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST (GUMP-C) IN WHICH ASSURING AIRCRAFT SEPARATION. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH THROUGH BASE AND FINAL, RECITING BUT NOT CHECKING (GUMP-C) BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, ON AIRSPEED, ON CENTERLINE, AT THE NUMBERS WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE PILOT.