What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft bounced during landing and the nose wheel fell off during touch down, runway 05. Spoke with ATC specialist who witnessed landing. He said he saw the aircraft bounce a few times within a 2000FT distance, and then when aircraft was barely moving and touched down on nosewheel, nosewheel departed aircraft. It is the opinion of the specialist, who is also a pilot, that while the aircraft bounced, it did not hit hard enough to cause any damage to the aircraft that was cause the nose wheel to come off aircraft. Inspected aircraft and believe stress on nosewheel over time is what caused it to depart from aircraft.
Ptrs #2021SO1301935
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND THE NOSE WHEEL FELL OFF DURING TOUCH DOWN, RUNWAY 05. SPOKE WITH ATC SPECIALIST WHO WITNESSED LANDING. HE SAID HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCE A FEW TIMES WITHIN A 2000FT DISTANCE, AND THEN WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS BARELY MOVING AND TOUCHED DOWN ON NOSEWHEEL, NOSEWHEEL DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. IT IS THE OPINION OF THE SPECIALIST, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, IT DID NOT HIT HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS CAUSE THE NOSE WHEEL TO COME OFF AIRCRAFT. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVE STRESS ON NOSEWHEEL OVER TIME IS WHAT CAUSED IT TO DEPART FROM AIRCRAFT.
PTRS #2021SO1301935