What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot was flying his aircraft in the traffic pattern at Gardner Municipal Airport (K34), Gardner, Kansas, for the purpose of conducting phase-1 flight testing after installing a new engine. As the aircraft entered midfield downwind to runway 17, the engine lost partial power. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft to final approach for runway 17 and the engine completely lost power due to failure of the ignition capacitor in the distributer. The aircraft touched down hard at the approach end of runway 17 on the main wheels causing damage to the landing gear structure. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT GARDNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K34), GARDNER, KANSAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING PHASE-1 FLIGHT TESTING AFTER INSTALLING A NEW ENGINE. AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED MIDFIELD DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 17, THE ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 17 AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOST POWER DUE TO FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CAPACITOR IN THE DISTRIBUTER. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17 ON THE MAIN WHEELS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR STRUCTURE. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.