What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On second flight of the day, a pilot was conducting a visual approach to runway 35 at south saint Paul airport, Minnesota. The aircraft lost lift and impacted the runway with a landing attitude attitude during the transition to landing. Subsequently the nose wheel assembly was bent forward resulting in firewall damage and separation from strengthening supports. Additionally, the propeller impacted the runway and the tip of each blade was missing. Aircraft taxied clear of the runway and came to a stop since it was only able to turn the right.
As the FAA filed it
ON SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY, A PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT SOUTH SAINT PAUL AIRPORT, MINNESOTA. THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A LANDING ATTITUDE ATTITUDE DURING THE TRANSITION TO LANDING. SUBSEQUENTLY THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS BENT FORWARD RESULTING IN FIREWALL DAMAGE AND SEPARATION FROM STRENGTHENING SUPPORTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE TIP OF EACH BLADE WAS MISSING. AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP SINCE IT WAS ONLY ABLE TO TURN THE RIGHT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.