What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Was practicing full stop landings from the front seat of this tandam seat aircraft, with an experienced pilot in the rear seat. The plane had a tendency to dart left or right instead of track straight ahead during roll out. In retrospect the pilot feels he was sitting too FAR forward and was using too much brake to control the excursions rather than just rudder. On the landing of the incident the tail came up, due to overbraking just as the plane was almost stopped, which caused the prop to strike the ground and damage the nose cone.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS FROM THE FRONT SEAT OF THIS TANDAM SEAT AIRCRAFT, WITH AN EXPERIENCED PILOT IN THE REAR SEAT. THE PLANE HAD A TENDENCY TO DART LEFT OR RIGHT INSTEAD OF TRACK STRAIGHT AHEAD DURING ROLL OUT. IN RETROSPECT THE PILOT FEELS HE WAS SITTING TOO FAR FORWARD AND WAS USING TOO MUCH BRAKE TO CONTROL THE EXCURSIONS RATHER THAN JUST RUDDER. ON THE LANDING OF THE INCIDENT THE TAIL CAME UP, DUE TO OVERBRAKING JUST AS THE PLANE WAS ALMOST STOPPED, WHICH CAUSED THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND DAMAGE THE NOSE CONE.
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