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.
(-23) While attempting to land at Flying Cloud Airport, pilot flared aircraft to high causing aircraft to land hard. The hard landing caused nose gear to move back and propeller to strike ground. Both tips of the propeller were bent and the drag brace for the nose gear broke where they attach to the strut.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, PILOT FLARED AIRCRAFT TO HIGH CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO MOVE BACK AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE GROUND. BOTH TIPS OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT AND THE DRAG BRACE FOR THE NOSE GEAR BROKE WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE STRUT.
Other reports on N18917 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.