What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Bounced landing came back down on nose. Lost control. Exited runway into a ditch. Structural damage. (-23) landing on runway 17 at sugarland airport bounced on runway. Came back down to runway striking the nose gear. Aircraft veered to the left resulting in loss of control. Aircraft traveled off the runway to the left crossing the parallel taxi-way coming to rest in a ditch. Resulting in damage to the nose gear, propeller, the cowling and wrinkled skin above the cockpit.
As the FAA filed it
BOUNCED LANDING CAME BACK DOWN ON NOSE. LOST CONTROL. EXITED RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. (-23) LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT SUGARLAND AIRPORT BOUNCED ON RUNWAY. CAME BACK DOWN TO RUNWAY STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT CROSSING THE PARALLEL TAXI-WAY COMING TO REST IN A DITCH. RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, THE COWLING AND WRINKLED SKIN ABOVE THE COCKPIT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.