What happened
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Pilot statement: departed 09FA on runway 18 on 2/10/21 at 17:45 EST to the south after performing pre-flight and runup with nothing abnormal noticed. Performed a local flight in the area ~15 miles south of the airport and returned to the airport vicinity at ~18:15 EST. Performed 2 successful stop and goes on runway 18. After the second stop and go departed to south of the airport and performed a 180 degree turn, entered final for runway 36, and reduced power to idle. Performed a forward slip on final to increase rate of decent due to being too high. Exited forward slip and made transition to typical approach speed and attitude. Upon attempting to decrease airspeed before landing pilot noticed the flight control stick would not move in the rearward direction. Side to side and forward movement of the control stick felt abnormal but was not restricted. Attempted to increase power to increase altitude & slow rate of decent. Abnormally high speed and rate of decent resulting in a hard landing. Landing gear failed and prop/nose of the aircraft struck the ground which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft. Pilot exited the airplane through the right side door/window which is typically used for exiting the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATEMENT: DEPARTED 09FA ON RUNWAY 18 ON 2/10/21 AT 17:45 EST TO THE SOUTH AFTER PERFORMING PRE-FLIGHT AND RUNUP WITH NOTHING ABNORMAL NOTICED. PERFORMED A LOCAL FLIGHT IN THE AREA ~15 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT VICINITY AT ~18:15 EST. PERFORMED 2 SUCCESSFUL STOP AND GOES ON RUNWAY 18. AFTER THE SECOND STOP AND GO DEPARTED TO SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND PERFORMED A 180 DEGREE TURN, ENTERED FINAL FOR RUNWAY 36, AND REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. PERFORMED A FORWARD SLIP ON FINAL TO INCREASE RATE OF DECENT DUE TO BEING TOO HIGH. EXITED FORWARD SLIP AND MADE TRANSITION TO TYPICAL APPROACH SPEED AND ATTITUDE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO DECREASE AIRSPEED BEFORE LANDING PILOT NOTICED THE FLIGHT CONTROL STICK WOULD NOT MOVE IN THE REARWARD DIRECTION. SIDE TO SIDE AND FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CONTROL STICK FELT ABNORMAL BUT WAS NOT RESTRICTED. ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE POWER TO INCREASE ALTITUDE & SLOW RATE OF DECENT. ABNORMALLY HIGH SPEED AND RATE OF DECENT RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. LANDING GEAR FAILED AND PROP/NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR/WINDOW WHICH IS TYPICALLY USED FOR EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
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