What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)Student pilot made bad approach and bad landing. The aircraft bounced after making contact with the runway. Pilot allowed aircraft to settle onto the nose gear, breaking it rearward from engine mount tubing. Aircraft cowling and left wing tip struck runway. Aircraft suffered substantail damage due to firewall damage caused by nose gear impact, left wing outer spar appears bent, and rudder had damage around the lower hinge caused by load created by nose gear sparation.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)STUDENT PILOT MADE BAD APPROACH AND BAD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ONTO THE NOSE GEAR, BREAKING IT REARWARD FROM ENGINE MOUNT TUBING. AIRCRAFT COWLING AND LEFT WING TIP STRUCK RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTAIL DAMAGE DUE TO FIREWALL DAMAGE CAUSED BY NOSE GEAR IMPACT, LEFT WING OUTER SPAR APPEARS BENT, AND RUDDER HAD DAMAGE AROUND THE LOWER HINGE CAUSED BY LOAD CREATED BY NOSE GEAR SPARATION.
NTSB investigation
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