What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) 6/2/06, 1510 Sdt, clear day, 5-10 knot wind from the north, headwind at Mena ar airport (mez, M39), the pilot privacy data omitted made a normal approach to runway 35. The aircraft had a nose down attitude when the nose wheel landing, the aircraft bounded into the air again as the pilot privacy data omitted pulled back the control wheel. The aircraft went airborne again, and came down on the nose wheel which was blown out and the l/h main gear struck hard and broke driving the gear back under the wing and into the flaps. Aircraft skidded down the runway and drifted to the side of runway. The aircraft came to a stop facing the direction (south) from which the landing was attempted. One passenger no injuries. Aircraft sustained economic destruction.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) 6/2/06, 1510 SDT, CLEAR DAY, 5-10 KNOT WIND FROM THE NORTH, HEADWIND AT MENA AR AIRPORT (MEZ, M39), THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNDED INTO THE AIR AGAIN AS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PULLED BACK THE CONTROL WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE AGAIN, AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH WAS BLOWN OUT AND THE L/H MAIN GEAR STRUCK HARD AND BROKE DRIVING THE GEAR BACK UNDER THE WING AND INTO THE FLAPS. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP FACING THE DIRECTION (SOUTH) FROM WHICH THE LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED. ONE PASSENGER NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION.
NTSB investigation
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