What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
PIC instructor privacy data omitted was giving a land recovery element (lre) check ride on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to privacy data omitted at a ground station on Sierra Vista airport/Libby army airfield. The UAV is operated by the customs border patrol. The ground station has a line of sight electronic data link between the UAV and the pilot controls. privacy data omitted Made a hard landing on the nose gear on runway 26. The UAV went out of control by bouncing several times, swerved left off the runway, and came to rest in the sand facing approximately in a 100 degree heading. During the landing the prop struck the ground, the nose wheel came off, the main landing gear spread apart, the multi-spectral targeting system gimbal (mts-b), lower antennas, and vertical stabilizer were damaged.
As the FAA filed it
PIC INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING A LAND RECOVERY ELEMENT (LRE) CHECK RIDE ON AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT A GROUND STATION ON SIERRA VISTA AIRPORT/LIBBY ARMY AIRFIELD. THE UAV IS OPERATED BY THE CUSTOMS BORDER PATROL. THE GROUND STATION HAS A LINE OF SIGHT ELECTRONIC DATA LINK BETWEEN THE UAV AND THE PILOT CONTROLS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR ON RUNWAY 26. THE UAV WENT OUT OF CONTROL BY BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES, SWERVED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST IN THE SAND FACING APPROXIMATELY IN A 100 DEGREE HEADING. DURING THE LANDING THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SPREAD APART, THE MULTI-SPECTRAL TARGETING SYSTEM GIMBAL (MTS-B), LOWER ANTENNAS, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED.