What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On January 30, 2016 at 1100 CST a Fairchild 24R, N77697, registered to 88 charles inc. and operated by privacy data omitted collided with a snow bank during an emergency landing on runway 27 at Palmyra Municipal Airport, Palmyra, Wisconsin.
The pilot had previously noted after taking off from Palmyra that the left hand landing gear became disconnected from its shock strut allowing the gear to swing out of position. During the emergency landing the aircraft pivoted into the snowbank paralleling the runway with resultant damage to the belly and left hand wing tip. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The certified flight instructor and the three passengers were not injured.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 30, 2016 AT 1100 CST A FAIRCHILD 24R, N77697, REGISTERED TO 88 CHARLES INC. AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT PALMYRA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PALMYRA, WISCONSIN.
THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM PALMYRA THAT THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM ITS SHOCK STRUT ALLOWING THE GEAR TO SWING OUT OF POSITION. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED INTO THE SNOWBANK PARALLELING THE RUNWAY WITH RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND LEFT HAND WING TIP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.
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