From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: the pilot stated that after landing, the nose wheel shimmied violently for a short time, then the nose wheel fork broke about three inches below the strut and collapsed. However, the nose wheel scissors was not broken, and the nose wheel fork had broken front to back evenly. Witness leroy sears stated that the aircraft bounced twice before the nose gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMIED VIOLENTLY FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN THE NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE ABOUT THREE INCHES BELOW THE STRUT AND COLLAPSED. HOWEVER, THE NOSE WHEEL SCISSORS WAS NOT BROKEN, AND THE NOSE WHEEL FORK HAD BROKEN FRONT TO BACK EVENLY. WITNESS LEROY SEARS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.