What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On February 17, 2018, at 1500 MST, a 2011 Black Donald. Cozy III, N904DB registered to privacy data omitted touched down hard on the edge of the runway during an emergency landing at midvalley airport (E98), Los Lunas, NM while on a personal flight accumulating hours required by the phase I operating limitations of the experimental airworthiness certificate. Visual meteorological conditions pervailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at midvalley airport earlier that day.
As the FAA filed it
ON FEBRUARY 17, 2018, AT 1500 MST, A 2011 BLACK DONALD. COZY III, N904DB REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MIDVALLEY AIRPORT (E98), LOS LUNAS, NM WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT ACCUMULATING HOURS REQUIRED BY THE PHASE I OPERATING LIMITATIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PERVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MIDVALLEY AIRPORT EARLIER THAT DAY.
NTSB investigation
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Other reports on N904DB · 1
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