What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 24, 2012, at approximately 1715Z, a Cessna 172P, N99087, serial no. 17276400 had a hard landing at the Brooksville / hernando county airport (kbkv), Brooksville, Florida. Meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No one was injured. Post inspection of the aircraft revealed a collasped nose landing gear strut assembly, sheetmetal wrinkling on the floor boards in the cockpit, wrinkling at engine firewall, and sheetmetal damage underneath the forward fuselage just aft of engine compartment.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 24, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1715Z, A CESSNA 172P, N99087, SERIAL NO. 17276400 HAD A HARD LANDING AT THE BROOKSVILLE / HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT (KBKV), BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO ONE WAS INJURED. POST INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A COLLASPED NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY, SHEETMETAL WRINKLING ON THE FLOOR BOARDS IN THE COCKPIT, WRINKLING AT ENGINE FIREWALL, AND SHEETMETAL DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE FORWARD FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.