What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) According to witnesses, the aircraft made a normal touchdown on the main landing gear just past the runway threshold but soon thereafter the nose wheel hit the runway with enough force that the airplane bounced back in the air. The airplane then touched down a second time, but bounced into the air once again. When the airplane touched down on the runway a third time, it did so with enough force to fracture the nose wheel hub and the right main gear wheel hub. The right propeller also struck the runway more than dozen times and went into feather during this touch down sequence. The airplane then bounced into the air again and touhed down at least one more time, followed by the airplane banking right and colliding with some trees off the right side of rwy 36, and impacted the terrain in a flat open field. Soon after the airplane came to rest, it was engulfed in flames.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR JUST PAST THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD BUT SOON THEREAFTER THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. THE AIRPLANE THEN TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME, BUT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR ONCE AGAIN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY A THIRD TIME, IT DID SO WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO FRACTURE THE NOSE WHEEL HUB AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHEEL HUB. THE RIGHT PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE RUNWAY MORE THAN DOZEN TIMES AND WENT INTO FEATHER DURING THIS TOUCH DOWN SEQUENCE. THE AIRPLANE THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AGAIN AND TOUHED DOWN AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRPLANE BANKING RIGHT AND COLLIDING WITH SOME TREES OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 36, AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A FLAT OPEN FIELD. SOON AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.