What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On August 27, 2023, at approximately 1333 MDT, a Cessna 310Q, a fixed-wing multiengine aircraft, privacy data omitted, was involved in an accident at the Santa Fe, NM, regional airport, ksaf. While on a VFR visual approach to runway 20, the pilot allowed the airspeed to decrease below the recommended landing speed on short final. As the aircraft came over the numbers at the threshold, the pilot reduced the power at a higher-than-normal altitude above the runway surface. This rapid reduction in power caused the aircraft to descend rapidly. The aircraft experienced a hard landing and bounced. The resulting impact with the runway caused significant structural stress on the left main landing gear which caused the left main landing gear to collapse. The pilot lost control of the aircraft and it skidded off the runway to the left and came to rest a short distance from the runway in a dirt field. No FAA flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the graham municipal airport, krph, and was the second flight of the day. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The FAA commercial pilot and the two passengers were not injured.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUGUST 27, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1333 MDT, A CESSNA 310Q, A FIXED-WING MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE SANTA FE, NM, REGIONAL AIRPORT, KSAF. WHILE ON A VFR VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO DECREASE BELOW THE RECOMMENDED LANDING SPEED ON SHORT FINAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME OVER THE NUMBERS AT THE THRESHOLD, THE PILOT REDUCED THE POWER AT A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL ALTITUDE ABOVE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THIS RAPID REDUCTION IN POWER CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND RAPIDLY. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED. THE RESULTING IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL STRESS ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE RUNWAY IN A DIRT FIELD. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE GRAHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KRPH, AND WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FAA COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.
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