What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Mr. David w. dye, a student pilot, returned from a solo cross country flight from baldwin county airport (kmlj) in millidgeville, GA and came into land on runway 10 at Elbert county airport-Patz field (27A), his home airport. The descent and approach into runway 10 were normal, but during the landing flare, the aircraft touched down nose first and the aircraft bounced about two to three feet. As explained by Mr. Dye, lack of proper control inputs caused the aircraft to bounce three more times. On the last bounce the aircraft hit hard causing the fixed nose gear to collapse. The aircraft came to rest in the grass on the north side of the runway about 80 yards from impact with the runway.
As the FAA filed it
MR. DAVID W. DYE, A STUDENT PILOT, RETURNED FROM A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM BALDWIN COUNTY AIRPORT (KMLJ) IN MILLIDGEVILLE, GA AND CAME INTO LAND ON RUNWAY 10 AT ELBERT COUNTY AIRPORT-PATZ FIELD (27A), HIS HOME AIRPORT. THE DESCENT AND APPROACH INTO RUNWAY 10 WERE NORMAL, BUT DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ABOUT TWO TO THREE FEET. AS EXPLAINED BY MR. DYE, LACK OF PROPER CONTROL INPUTS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE THREE MORE TIMES. ON THE LAST BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD CAUSING THE FIXED NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 80 YARDS FROM IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY.
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