What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Meet with pilot of aircraft, confirmed he was un-injured. Pilot commented police and EMS were called and responded by accident feature in his cell phone. A request for police report was made to police department. Aircraft had been moved from runway 36 and relocated to east side of runway 36. Inspector viewed and took pictures of area on runway 36 were aircraft nose gear had failed and nose strut dug into grass strip and aircraft came to rest inverted. The smell of av gas was present, left wing bottom had been punctured. Puncture was made by nose landing gear fork after breaking off from nose wheel rotation unit.
As the FAA filed it
MEET WITH PILOT OF AIRCRAFT, CONFIRMED HE WAS UN-INJURED. PILOT COMMENTED POLICE AND EMS WERE CALLED AND RESPONDED BY ACCIDENT FEATURE IN HIS CELL PHONE. A REQUEST FOR POLICE REPORT WAS MADE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED FROM RUNWAY 36 AND RELOCATED TO EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36. INSPECTOR VIEWED AND TOOK PICTURES OF AREA ON RUNWAY 36 WERE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR HAD FAILED AND NOSE STRUT DUG INTO GRASS STRIP AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE SMELL OF AV GAS WAS PRESENT, LEFT WING BOTTOM HAD BEEN PUNCTURED. PUNCTURE WAS MADE BY NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK AFTER BREAKING OFF FROM NOSE WHEEL ROTATION UNIT.
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