What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot and sole occupant of the airplane, privacy data omitted stated that he was attempting to land at the Stillwater Regional Airport, but he was too fast, and after bouncing several times he pushed forward on the controls and suffered a prop strike, bounced three or four more times then came to a stop. The pilot privacy data omitted notified the flight school, southeastern Oklahoma state university at the time of the occurrence Friday, 10-26-2007 at 1645 hrs. Initially the university staff treated this as an incident due to the prop strike, however after further examination, damage to the firewall was noted, requiring an accident classification. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE STILLWATER REGIONAL AIRPORT, BUT HE WAS TOO FAST, AND AFTER BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES HE PUSHED FORWARD ON THE CONTROLS AND SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE, BOUNCED THREE OR FOUR MORE TIMES THEN CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE FRIDAY, 10-26-2007 AT 1645 HRS. INITIALLY THE UNIVERSITY STAFF TREATED THIS AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE PROP STRIKE, HOWEVER AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION, DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL WAS NOTED, REQUIRING AN ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
NTSB investigation
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Other reports on N5181A · 2
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