What happened
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(-23) Pilot ^privac^ stated that he was directed to execute a simulated engine inoperative (power off) landing by flight instructor ^priva^ during the flight review required by 14 CFR 61.56. Pilot ^privac^ said that they were too low to extend wing flaps and the landing was made without flaps. He said that the nose landing gear, landing gear doors and propeller were damaged during the landing. Instructor ^priva^ said that his attention was distracted by air traffic and that the aircraft quit flying about six inches above the runway. He said that the landing was firm, but not unusually hard. Instructor ^priva^ said that as the aircraft nose came down, it continued all the way to the ground. He said that the aircraft is equipped with a stol (short takeoff and landing) kit and he did not know it that, combined with the no flap landing contributed to the incident. privacy data omitted Director of maintenance for sun western flyers inspected the aircraft. He stated that the aircraft hit so hard that the nose landing gear locks were bent and broken. Additionally, he said that the hard landing bent the right main landing gear leg.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT ^PRIVAC^ STATED THAT HE WAS DIRECTED TO EXECUTE A SIMULATED ENGINE INOPERATIVE (POWER OFF) LANDING BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ DURING THE FLIGHT REVIEW REQUIRED BY 14 CFR 61.56. PILOT ^PRIVAC^ SAID THAT THEY WERE TOO LOW TO EXTEND WING FLAPS AND THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FLAPS. HE SAID THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR DOORS AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ SAID THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY AIR TRAFFIC AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT QUIT FLYING ABOUT SIX INCHES ABOVE THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT THE LANDING WAS FIRM, BUT NOT UNUSUALLY HARD. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVA^ SAID THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME DOWN, IT CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A STOL (SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING) KIT AND HE DID NOT KNOW IT THAT, COMBINED WITH THE NO FLAP LANDING CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR SUN WESTERN FLYERS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT SO HARD THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCKS WERE BENT AND BROKEN. ADDITIONALLY, HE SAID THAT THE HARD LANDING BENT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG.
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