What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed at rst and after touch down he held the nose wheel off allowing for smooth tough down. When the nose wheel touched down the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft stopped on the runway with minor damage. The aircraft is a experimental home built and the nose wheel connection which connects with the fire wall broke and the nose wheel collapsed just past a weld. The pilot/ mechanic spoke with the manufacture and the nose wheel takes a lot of twisting and the new nose wheel assemblies are reinforced at the fire wall to prevent this issue. The pilot/ mechanic was already fixing the aircraft per the manufacture recommendations.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED AT RST AND AFTER TOUCH DOWN HE HELD THE NOSE WHEEL OFF ALLOWING FOR SMOOTH TOUGH DOWN. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS A EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AND THE NOSE WHEEL CONNECTION WHICH CONNECTS WITH THE FIRE WALL BROKE AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED JUST PAST A WELD. THE PILOT/ MECHANIC SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURE AND THE NOSE WHEEL TAKES A LOT OF TWISTING AND THE NEW NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES ARE REINFORCED AT THE FIRE WALL TO PREVENT THIS ISSUE. THE PILOT/ MECHANIC WAS ALREADY FIXING THE AIRCRAFT PER THE MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDATIONS.
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