What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
-The private pilot PIC rented an aircraft which he had flown many times in his training. He flew a pleasure flight and returned to the departure airport for landing.
-Upon arrival at the departure / arrival airport, the weather was VFR with light winds.
-The pilot reported a normal downwind entry to the pattern for rwy 25, but was higher and faster than normal on final leg.
-The pilot attempted the landing, landed long and fast, and landed nose wheel first. This caused an oscillation which bounced the aircraft back onto its main tires, then back to the nose wheel, back to the mains, etc.
-The porpoising continued for a total of 4 hard bounces which caused the aircraft to strike the propeller on the runway during the last two bounces.
The pilot then initiated a go-around.
-The aircraft had difficulty climbing due to the extreme vibration caused by approximately 6 inches missing off of each propeller blade tip.
-After gaining between 150-300 feet of altitude, the pilot initiated a turn into the crosswind leg and decided to try to fly the pattern back around for a landing. During the turn into the downwind leg, the aircraft was loosing altitude due to the lack of power and the vibration became so bad that the pilot decided to make an off airport landing in a clear corn field underneath the downwind leg.
-The pilot make a soft-field landing in the corn field which further damaged the nose landing gear and left wing.
-The engine was running when the aircraft impacted the ground and both propeller blades were damaged.
-Neither the pilot nor the passenger sustained any physical injuries during the incident.
As the FAA filed it
-THE PRIVATE PILOT PIC RENTED AN AIRCRAFT WHICH HE HAD FLOWN MANY TIMES IN HIS TRAINING. HE FLEW A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR LANDING.
-UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DEPARTURE / ARRIVAL AIRPORT, THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS.
-THE PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL DOWNWIND ENTRY TO THE PATTERN FOR RWY 25, BUT WAS HIGHER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL ON FINAL LEG.
-THE PILOT ATTEMPTED THE LANDING, LANDED LONG AND FAST, AND LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST. THIS CAUSED AN OSCILLATION WHICH BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO ITS MAIN TIRES, THEN BACK TO THE NOSE WHEEL, BACK TO THE MAINS, ETC.
-THE PORPOISING CONTINUED FOR A TOTAL OF 4 HARD BOUNCES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY DURING THE LAST TWO BOUNCES.
THE PILOT THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND.
-THE AIRCRAFT HAD DIFFICULTY CLIMBING DUE TO THE EXTREME VIBRATION CAUSED BY APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES MISSING OFF OF EACH PROPELLER BLADE TIP.
-AFTER GAINING BETWEEN 150-300 FEET OF ALTITUDE, THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN INTO THE CROSSWIND LEG AND DECIDED TO TRY TO FLY THE PATTERN BACK AROUND FOR A LANDING. DURING THE TURN INTO THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOOSING ALTITUDE DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER AND THE VIBRATION BECAME SO BAD THAT THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A CLEAR CORN FIELD UNDERNEATH THE DOWNWIND LEG.
-THE PILOT MAKE A SOFT-FIELD LANDING IN THE CORN FIELD WHICH FURTHER DAMAGED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING.
-THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED.
-NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED ANY PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT.
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