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) Student pilot was returning to land from an aborted solo cross country flight due to bad radios. He landed hard in a flat landing causing the nose gear to collapse forward letting the prop strike the runway. He bounced twice before stopping and taxiing to the ramp.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING TO LAND FROM AN ABORTED SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT DUE TO BAD RADIOS. HE LANDED HARD IN A FLAT LANDING CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE FORWARD LETTING THE PROP STRIKE THE RUNWAY. HE BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE STOPPING AND TAXIING TO THE RAMP.