What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft nose gear collapsed on landing. (-23) upon returning from a cross country flight it would appear that the pilot made a faster than normal appraoch/landing to runway 36 at the buck's airport, Bridgeton, NJ, landed hard nose wheel first which caused the nose gear to break off which in turn caused the aircraft to flip inverted. Both the pilot and his passenger egressed the aircraft without injury.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-23) UPON RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PILOT MADE A FASTER THAN NORMAL APPRAOCH/LANDING TO RUNWAY 36 AT THE BUCK'S AIRPORT, BRIDGETON, NJ, LANDED HARD NOSE WHEEL FIRST WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO BREAK OFF WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED. BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.
NTSB investigation
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