What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted was instructing privacy data omitted on landing in the tailwheel airplane. They agreed on downwind that the pilot privacy data omitted would demonstrate a wheel landing, which he did from the front seat of the airplane. After a slow, tail low touchdown, the wind weathervaned the airplane about 30 degrees to the right. The pilot privacy data omitted countered by increasing power and applying left rudder to regain rudder control. The airplane left the paved surface into a grassy area between the runways before he got it under control. By this time it had reached flying speed, so he lifted off, striking a taxiway marker sign with the landing gear which damaged the lower fuselage and left horizontal stabilizer.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON LANDING IN THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE. THEY AGREED ON DOWNWIND THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WOULD DEMONSTRATE A WHEEL LANDING, WHICH HE DID FROM THE FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRPLANE. AFTER A SLOW, TAIL LOW TOUCHDOWN, THE WIND WEATHERVANED THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COUNTERED BY INCREASING POWER AND APPLYING LEFT RUDDER TO REGAIN RUDDER CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE INTO A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS BEFORE HE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL. BY THIS TIME IT HAD REACHED FLYING SPEED, SO HE LIFTED OFF, STRIKING A TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN WITH THE LANDING GEAR WHICH DAMAGED THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.
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