What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On 24 October, 2006, at approximately 123:00 hours local time, the pilot privacy data omitted, holder of private pilot certificate privacy data omitted, was flying calin corporation's Cessna 421-C, N502SA, on a VFR cross country flight from jacksonville, Florida to the Orlando Executive Airport (orl), Orlando, Florida. The pilot privacy data omitted executed a landing on runway 7 at orl when he lost directional control of the aircraft shortly after touchdown. The airplane skidded to the left off of the runway into the grass where the aircraft came to a stop. The loss of control was due to mechanical failure of the torque link on the left main landing gear. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the left main landing gear with no injury to the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 24 OCTOBER, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 123:00 HOURS LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA ^, WAS FLYING CALIN CORPORATION'S CESSNA 421-C, N502SA, ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL), ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ EXECUTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT ORL WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE TORQUE LINK ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.