What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) privacy data omitted the pilot stated that the airplane touched down smoothly on a heading of 040 degrees. The main wheels made contact with the runway and the nose wheel was held off the ground for 3-4 seconds. After the nose gear touched down, the airplane immediately veered left off the runway. The pilot attempted to make a correction with the right rudder and the right brake. The airplane continued left of the active runway and then exited the runway into the grass, causing the gear to bend underneath the aircraft. The preliminary investigation revealed that the nose gear drag link bent when the aircraft ran off the runway. The airplane flipped over and landed on the elevator and rudder assembly, causing the fuselage to buckle inward. The airplane came to rest on top of its canopy with the pilot trapped in the cockpit. The airplane incurred substantial damage and the pilot received no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY ON A HEADING OF 040 DEGREES. THE MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE WHEEL WAS HELD OFF THE GROUND FOR 3-4 SECONDS. AFTER THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION WITH THE RIGHT RUDDER AND THE RIGHT BRAKE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, CAUSING THE GEAR TO BEND UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK BENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON THE ELEVATOR AND RUDDER ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE FUSELAGE TO BUCKLE INWARD. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON TOP OF ITS CANOPY WITH THE PILOT TRAPPED IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.