What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: on Tuesday, August 19, 1997 at approximately 10:30 am PST, a Grumman AA-1C, operated by Mr. Milco rappuoli, a student pilot, was damaged during landing on runway 21 at Santa Monica airport. The aircraft sustained impact damage to the nose strut and nose wheel assembly. Impact forces caused by a hard landing on the nose gear caused the nose wheel strut to fail, bending at the mid point of the strut, then collapsing. The collapsing strut caused the propeller to strike the pavement surface, as evidenced by propeller marks. The same propeller marks indicated that the engine was producing power at the time of impact. Upon interviewing Mr. Rappuoli, he stated that the aircraft bounced at least twice after impact before coming to a complete stop. The aircraft came to rest on a paved portion of the airport about midway from the approach end and just to the left of the left runway boundary of runway 21. Mr. Rappuoli was shaken but not injured during the landing. An on site inspection of the aircraft by airworthiness inspectors showed damage to the nose landing gear assembly, propeller strike damage, dented engine cowling, and sudden engine stoppage. A later inspection of the aircraft divulged no other significant aircraft damage. Both Mr. Rappuoli and Mr. Grant stuart cook (Mr. Rappuoli's flight instructor) were interviewed subsequent to the incident. At the time of the incident, Mr. Rappuoli was completing his second solo flight of the morning. His very first solo flight took place earlier in the morning after completing an instructional flight given by Mr. Cook. Total flight experience of Mr. Rappuoli at the time of t he incident was approximately 23 hours|. Weather conditions at Santa Monica on the morning of the incident were sky clear, visibility unlimited, and winds calm. Mr. Rappuoli stated that his approach speed on final was normal but that the aircraft landed hard and then bounced. He then stated that he pushed the nose forward and added power. Mr. Rappuoli was unsure as to how many times the aircraft bounced before the nose wheel strut failed. Mr. Grant stuart cook was counseled on his responsibilities for insuring pre-solo flight proficiency for student pilots prior to solo. In particular, the pre-solo flight training maneuvers listed in 61.87(d) were discussed during the counseling session. End.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM PST, A GRUMMAN AA-1C, OPERATED BY MR. MILCO RAPPUOLI, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 AT SANTA MONICA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE STRUT AND NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. IMPACT FORCES CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT TO FAIL, BENDING AT THE MID POINT OF THE STRUT, THEN COLLAPSING. THE COLLAPSING STRUT CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT SURFACE, AS EVIDENCED BY PROPELLER MARKS. THE SAME PROPELLER MARKS INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. UPON INTERVIEWING MR. RAPPUOLI, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AT LEAST TWICE AFTER IMPACT BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A PAVED PORTION OF THE AIRPORT ABOUT MIDWAY FROM THE APPROACH END AND JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT RUNWAY BOUNDARY OF RUNWAY 21. MR. RAPPUOLI WAS SHAKEN BUT NOT INJURED DURING THE LANDING. AN ON SITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER STRIKE DAMAGE, DENTED ENGINE COWLING, AND SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. A LATER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DIVULGED NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. BOTH MR. RAPPUOLI AND MR. GRANT STUART COOK (MR. RAPPUOLI'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) WERE INTERVIEWED SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MR. RAPPUOLI WAS COMPLETING HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT OF THE MORNING. HIS VERY FIRST SOLO FLIGHT TOOK PLACE EARLIER IN THE MORNING AFTER COMPLETING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT GIVEN BY MR. COOK. TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE OF MR. RAPPUOLI AT THE TIME OF T HE INCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 23 HOURS|. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT SANTA MONICA ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT WERE SKY CLEAR, VISIBILITY UNLIMITED, AND WINDS CALM. MR. RAPPUOLI STATED THAT HIS APPROACH SPEED ON FINAL WAS NORMAL BUT THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND THEN BOUNCED. HE THEN STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE NOSE FORWARD AND ADDED POWER. MR. RAPPUOLI WAS UNSURE AS TO HOW MANY TIMES THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BEFORE THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT FAILED. MR. GRANT STUART COOK WAS COUNSELED ON HIS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INSURING PRE-SOLO FLIGHT PROFICIENCY FOR STUDENT PILOTS PRIOR TO SOLO. IN PARTICULAR, THE PRE-SOLO FLIGHT TRAINING MANEUVERS LISTED IN 61.87(D) WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE COUNSELING SESSION. END.