What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While attempting to land runway 36 at the Cuba airport, the aircraft touched down in the first quarter of the runway. Initial landing segment was relatively smooth. At just past midway on the runway during rollout as the aircraft decelerated with no use of the brakes-suddenly the left wing came up and the aircraft veered to the right. The pilot reported that no amount of ailerons or rudder input seemed to help overcome this condition and the aircraft exited the runway into the grass. The aircraft came to rest with the nose and left wing in contact with the ground. Damage to the aircraft: left main landing gear broken off, engine firewall lower segment damaged, forward lower fuselage damaged, propeller damaged.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND RUNWAY 36 AT THE CUBA AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE RUNWAY. INITIAL LANDING SEGMENT WAS RELATIVELY SMOOTH. AT JUST PAST MIDWAY ON THE RUNWAY DURING ROLLOUT AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED WITH NO USE OF THE BRAKES-SUDDENLY THE LEFT WING CAME UP AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT NO AMOUNT OF AILERONS OR RUDDER INPUT SEEMED TO HELP OVERCOME THIS CONDITION AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE AND LEFT WING IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKEN OFF, ENGINE FIREWALL LOWER SEGMENT DAMAGED, FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE DAMAGED, PROPELLER DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
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