What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
An eyewitness stated that he entered the traffic pattern approximately 500FT. Below traffic pattern altitude and at the wrong side of the airport. He utilized runway 16 and for this runway all turns are to the left not like he did to the right. He followed this wrong pattern after an initial go around. During his second approach to landing he was continuously fighting to keep the aircraft aligned with the runway utilizing bank angles between 20 and 40 degrees. He touched down firmly and then became airborne again to approximately 20 ft. the aircraft then rapidly dropped back onto the runway. The nosegear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway. The aircraft slid with the left wing lowered in a shallow right arc exiting the runway and sliding into a ditch. There the forward motion was arrested when the nos dug itself into the ground subsequently raising the tail to an almost vertical position until it came to a rest. According to the pilot he approached with 20 degrees of flaps and an air speed of 75 mph. Just before touchdown he stated that e encountered a quartering gusting left tailwind. He opted not to go around and instead lowerd the flaps to full.
As the FAA filed it
AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROXIMATELY 500FT. BELOW TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE AND AT THE WRONG SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. HE UTILIZED RUNWAY 16 AND FOR THIS RUNWAY ALL TURNS ARE TO THE LEFT NOT LIKE HE DID TO THE RIGHT. HE FOLLOWED THIS WRONG PATTERN AFTER AN INITIAL GO AROUND. DURING HIS SECOND APPROACH TO LANDING HE WAS CONTINUOUSLY FIGHTING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY UTILIZING BANK ANGLES BETWEEN 20 AND 40 DEGREES. HE TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RAPIDLY DROPPED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID WITH THE LEFT WING LOWERED IN A SHALLOW RIGHT ARC EXITING THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING INTO A DITCH. THERE THE FORWARD MOTION WAS ARRESTED WHEN THE NOS DUG ITSELF INTO THE GROUND SUBSEQUENTLY RAISING THE TAIL TO AN ALMOST VERTICAL POSITION UNTIL IT CAME TO A REST. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE APPROACHED WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND AN AIR SPEED OF 75 MPH. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE STATED THAT E ENCOUNTERED A QUARTERING GUSTING LEFT TAILWIND. HE OPTED NOT TO GO AROUND AND INSTEAD LOWERD THE FLAPS TO FULL.
NTSB investigation
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