What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During landing and while holding nose wheel up, gust of wind put aircraft into an immediate/unexpected nose down attitued driving nose wheel of aircraft into runway. Once aircraft contacted runway, it then skidded to its left causing aircraft to lean to its left, almost until aircraft came to a fullstop, when both left wing and engine propellor contacted runway. Upon impact, fabric wing exploded due to sustaining high load stresses. Also, engine propellor sustained damage upon impact causing sudden engine stoppage.
As the FAA filed it
DURING LANDING AND WHILE HOLDING NOSE WHEEL UP, GUST OF WIND PUT AIRCRAFT INTO AN IMMEDIATE/UNEXPECTED NOSE DOWN ATTITUED DRIVING NOSE WHEEL OF AIRCRAFT INTO RUNWAY. ONCE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY, IT THEN SKIDDED TO ITS LEFT CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LEAN TO ITS LEFT, ALMOST UNTIL AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULLSTOP, WHEN BOTH LEFT WING AND ENGINE PROPELLOR CONTACTED RUNWAY. UPON IMPACT, FABRIC WING EXPLODED DUE TO SUSTAINING HIGH LOAD STRESSES. ALSO, ENGINE PROPELLOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE UPON IMPACT CAUSING SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.