What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on runway 32 with winds gusting 15 KTS and steady 8 - 10 KTS. Upon touchdown the aircraft veered off to the left side of runway with propeller contacting pavement and aircraft hitting snow/ice bank approximately three feet high. Left main landing gear was sheared off and contacted left wing struts, which bent midway between fuselage and wing. The propeller tips were bent back approximately 3 -4 inches and lower left engine mount to firewall area is bent. Left wing strut to fuselage area bent at attach point and to the rear approximately 15 inches.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 WITH WINDS GUSTING 15 KTS AND STEADY 8 - 10 KTS. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY WITH PROPELLER CONTACTING PAVEMENT AND AIRCRAFT HITTING SNOW/ICE BANK APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET HIGH. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND CONTACTED LEFT WING STRUTS, WHICH BENT MIDWAY BETWEEN FUSELAGE AND WING. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY 3 -4 INCHES AND LOWER LEFT ENGINE MOUNT TO FIREWALL AREA IS BENT. LEFT WING STRUT TO FUSELAGE AREA BENT AT ATTACH POINT AND TO THE REAR APPROXIMATELY 15 INCHES.
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