What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) According to the pilot on a telephone interview, he was lifted by the wind then the aircraft pitched down breaking off the nosewheel. Airman lost control of the aircraft during landing. The resulting hard landing on the nose wheel caused the nosewheel to collapse causing additional damage to the cowling, engine, and propeller. Brian eason from eagle east aviation made the initial assessment of the damage. Classified as an incident rather than an accident. The pilot was the only occupant and did not sustain any injury. privacy data omitted Lawrence ATCT weather record special: 1939Z sp 24010 10SM few 650 29/18 A30.33.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ON A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, HE WAS LIFTED BY THE WIND THEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN BREAKING OFF THE NOSEWHEEL. AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING. THE RESULTING HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSED THE NOSEWHEEL TO COLLAPSE CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE COWLING, ENGINE, AND PROPELLER. BRIAN EASON FROM EAGLE EAST AVIATION MADE THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE. CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT RATHER THAN AN ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LAWRENCE ATCT WEATHER RECORD SPECIAL: 1939Z SP 24010 10SM FEW 650 29/18 A30.33.
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