What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(.4)The pilot 'crabbed' into the wind as he approached runway 16 (6,101 feet x 100 feet, asphalt) for landing. He removed the crab angle with opposite rudder just before touching down. The airplane touched down 'softly,' then lifted off. The pilot pushed the control yoke forward and the airplane settled back to the runway. When he flared the second time, the airplane landed 'firmly.' The nose 'came up fast,' causing the stall warning horn to sound. The airplane touched down again 'very hard.' The airplane was 'bucking or bouncing' and veered off the left side of the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear. The pilot theorized that 'a gust of wind caused the nose to come up fast, then slammed down hard causing nose gear to collapse,' although he made no mention of wind gusts in the weather section of his report. He also theorized that the second touch down was 'too heavy on the nose gear,' causing the shock absorber to compress and allow the propeller to strike the ground. A witness said the airplane's approach speed appeared to be 'hot,' and the airplane bounced three times. (-23) made hard landing, bounced, ran off runway. Nose gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
(.4)THE PILOT 'CRABBED' INTO THE WIND AS HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 16 (6,101 FEET X 100 FEET, ASPHALT) FOR LANDING. HE REMOVED THE CRAB ANGLE WITH OPPOSITE RUDDER JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 'SOFTLY,' THEN LIFTED OFF. THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY. WHEN HE FLARED THE SECOND TIME, THE AIRPLANE LANDED 'FIRMLY.' THE NOSE 'CAME UP FAST,' CAUSING THE STALL WARNING HORN TO SOUND. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN 'VERY HARD.' THE AIRPLANE WAS 'BUCKING OR BOUNCING' AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEORIZED THAT 'A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE NOSE TO COME UP FAST, THEN SLAMMED DOWN HARD CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE,' ALTHOUGH HE MADE NO MENTION OF WIND GUSTS IN THE WEATHER SECTION OF HIS REPORT. HE ALSO THEORIZED THAT THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN WAS 'TOO HEAVY ON THE NOSE GEAR,' CAUSING THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO COMPRESS AND ALLOW THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. A WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE'S APPROACH SPEED APPEARED TO BE 'HOT,' AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THREE TIMES. (-23) MADE HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, RAN OFF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.