What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was operating a KR-2 aircraft at the Butler county regional airport. Pilot was doing high speed taxi testing. After 8 successful trips down the runway, the pilot took a break. The pilot started testing again at 1320 local time. He made one run and on the next test run the aircraft became airborne. He attemped to land but decided to go around. He made one pass in the pattern and then climbed to 3,000 ft and flew about 40 minutes. When the pilot tried to land he stated he was fast and hit the ground at about 80 mph as he was adding power to maintain altitude for a wheel landing. He bounced and came back down hard, the main landing collapsed, he skidded a couple hundred feet and came to rest on the nose. End
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS OPERATING A KR-2 AIRCRAFT AT THE BUTLER COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT WAS DOING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTING. AFTER 8 SUCCESSFUL TRIPS DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT TOOK A BREAK. THE PILOT STARTED TESTING AGAIN AT 1320 LOCAL TIME. HE MADE ONE RUN AND ON THE NEXT TEST RUN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. HE ATTEMPED TO LAND BUT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE MADE ONE PASS IN THE PATTERN AND THEN CLIMBED TO 3,000 FT AND FLEW ABOUT 40 MINUTES. WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND HE STATED HE WAS FAST AND HIT THE GROUND AT ABOUT 80 MPH AS HE WAS ADDING POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE FOR A WHEEL LANDING. HE BOUNCED AND CAME BACK DOWN HARD, THE MAIN LANDING COLLAPSED, HE SKIDDED A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE. END
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