What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot was landing aircraft and landed hard, both main landing gears broke at the upper torque knee on impact. Aircraft climbed and both main landing gear "struts & wheels" departed aircraft with the left main landing gear wheel & strut hitting the vertical stabilizer causing major damage. Pilot flew aircraft and called someone on ground to verify his landing gear loss. Pilot then landed aircraft without main landing gear struts & wheels, skidded across runway 33 and rested in the grass. Both main landing gears are destroyed, both flaps are damaged, vertical stabilizer is severely damaged on the left side and leading edge with many rivets missing from right side.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING AIRCRAFT AND LANDED HARD, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS BROKE AT THE UPPER TORQUE KNEE ON IMPACT. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR "STRUTS & WHEELS" DEPARTED AIRCRAFT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL & STRUT HITTING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT AND CALLED SOMEONE ON GROUND TO VERIFY HIS LANDING GEAR LOSS. PILOT THEN LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS & WHEELS, SKIDDED ACROSS RUNWAY 33 AND RESTED IN THE GRASS. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS ARE DESTROYED, BOTH FLAPS ARE DAMAGED, VERTICAL STABILIZER IS SEVERELY DAMAGED ON THE LEFT SIDE AND LEADING EDGE WITH MANY RIVETS MISSING FROM RIGHT SIDE.
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