What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The acft, a long ez, was involved in a landing mishap at Merritt Island Airport (coi) on or about 5/13/99. The PIC reported that the nose gear touched hard during ldg, fracturing the nose gear swivel assy. The PIC stated that he failed to monitor the a/s indicator and maintain adquate airspeed during flare and touchdown, which led to a loss of elevator authortiy and hard nose-gear touchdown. The PIC reported that this was his first time in the afct on over 3 year. Prior to that time, he ahd flown it only one other time. His total flight experience in this acft was about 3 hours. Total floght experience overall was about 230 hours.
As the FAA filed it
THE ACFT, A LONG EZ, WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING MISHAP AT MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI) ON OR ABOUT 5/13/99. THE PIC REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED HARD DURING LDG, FRACTURING THE NOSE GEAR SWIVEL ASSY. THE PIC STATED THAT HE FAILED TO MONITOR THE A/S INDICATOR AND MAINTAIN ADQUATE AIRSPEED DURING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN, WHICH LED TO A LOSS OF ELEVATOR AUTHORTIY AND HARD NOSE-GEAR TOUCHDOWN. THE PIC REPORTED THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME IN THE AFCT ON OVER 3 YEAR. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, HE AHD FLOWN IT ONLY ONE OTHER TIME. HIS TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN THIS ACFT WAS ABOUT 3 HOURS. TOTAL FLOGHT EXPERIENCE OVERALL WAS ABOUT 230 HOURS.
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