What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot stated that upon landing he made a main gear landing and slowly lowered the nose wheel. When the aircraft settled onto the nose wheel he heard a loud "boom" and the nose of the aircraft fell to the runway destroying the porpeller and causing minor damage to the aircraft cowling. The maintenance records which were provided by the owner show that on March 26 the nose gear fork was replaced due to a crack. The same entry documents compliance with safety directive #SD-SC-005 that was issued by the manufacturer to aid in eliminating a severe nose wheel shimmy. There is no mention of any seriious non destructive inspection (ndi) of the components which were not replaced and continued to operate in service. Because this is one of the newer "light sport" aircraft introduced to this country and there is not much of a data base from which to query, the reporting inspector will submit a malfunction and defect report to the administrator.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE MADE A MAIN GEAR LANDING AND SLOWLY LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE NOSE WHEEL HE HEARD A LOUD "BOOM" AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE RUNWAY DESTROYING THE PORPELLER AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT COWLING. THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS WHICH WERE PROVIDED BY THE OWNER SHOW THAT ON MARCH 26 THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS REPLACED DUE TO A CRACK. THE SAME ENTRY DOCUMENTS COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY DIRECTIVE #SD-SC-005 THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO AID IN ELIMINATING A SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. THERE IS NO MENTION OF ANY SERIIOUS NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION (NDI) OF THE COMPONENTS WHICH WERE NOT REPLACED AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN SERVICE. BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWER "LIGHT SPORT" AIRCRAFT INTRODUCED TO THIS COUNTRY AND THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A DATA BASE FROM WHICH TO QUERY, THE REPORTING INSPECTOR WILL SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.