What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Attempting to land, the student pilot was fighting a crosswind. Compensating for the crosswind, the pilot was crabbing the aircraft. His first initial contact with the runway was a little hard and the aircraft floated a little sideways. The right main landing gear hit next, and the impact caused the gear strut assembly to break in two, and the bottom part of the gear assembly departed the aircraft. Then the left wing and nose shot upward, then the nose slammed down on the runway, collapsing the nose gear, then the aircraft slid down the runway and came to a stop.
As the FAA filed it
ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FIGHTING A CROSSWIND. COMPENSATING FOR THE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT WAS CRABBING THE AIRCRAFT. HIS FIRST INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY WAS A LITTLE HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED A LITTLE SIDEWAYS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT NEXT, AND THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY TO BREAK IN TWO, AND THE BOTTOM PART OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THEN THE LEFT WING AND NOSE SHOT UPWARD, THEN THE NOSE SLAMMED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, THEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.