What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 3/13/2011 private pilot certificate number privacy data omitted privacy data omitted went to Cottonwood Airport AZ at appx 1200 while taxiing N74729 to the wash rack pilot decided to fly the aircraft. On landing pilot failed to properly flare aircraft and landed hard on the nose land gear. Impact caused partial collapse of nose gear resulting in all three propeller blades impacting the runway. Aircraft taxied to stop and was assisted off of the runway by airport officials and Cottonwood fire rescue personnel blk 31 h & I hours indicated are due to the program not allowing o value, actual flight time for these blocks should reflect o
As the FAA filed it
ON 3/13/2011 PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO COTTONWOOD AIRPORT AZ AT APPX 1200 WHILE TAXIING N74729 TO THE WASH RACK PILOT DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY FLARE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE LAND GEAR. IMPACT CAUSED PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO STOP AND WAS ASSISTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY BY AIRPORT OFFICIALS AND COTTONWOOD FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL BLK 31 H & I HOURS INDICATED ARE DUE TO THE PROGRAM NOT ALLOWING O VALUE, ACTUAL FLIGHT TIME FOR THESE BLOCKS SHOULD REFLECT O