What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot reperted on June 16th, around noon, aproaching at Elizabeth City during transition to ground effect and floaded too early. Taht cause the airplane to bounce, pilot overcorrected and tail strike the airplane, the aircraft then bounced again, pilot decided to go around, according to the pilot landing was stable, without issues. Upon exterior inspection pilot noticed the tail guard was bent and there was a small dent on the rudder. When securing the aircraft pilot also noticed there was a limited range of motion on the elevator, it would not move down all the way. Pilot wrote these discrepancies in the dispatch book and notified maintenance and dispatcher.
It was verified that airplane privacy data omitted suffered significant structural damage due to a hard landing pictures documenting the damage had been collected and recorded.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REPERTED ON JUNE 16TH, AROUND NOON, APROACHING AT ELIZABETH CITY DURING TRANSITION TO GROUND EFFECT AND FLOADED TOO EARLY. TAHT CAUSE THE AIRPLANE TO BOUNCE, PILOT OVERCORRECTED AND TAIL STRIKE THE AIRPLANE, THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AGAIN, PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT LANDING WAS STABLE, WITHOUT ISSUES. UPON EXTERIOR INSPECTION PILOT NOTICED THE TAIL GUARD WAS BENT AND THERE WAS A SMALL DENT ON THE RUDDER. WHEN SECURING THE AIRCRAFT PILOT ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS A LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION ON THE ELEVATOR, IT WOULD NOT MOVE DOWN ALL THE WAY. PILOT WROTE THESE DISCREPANCIES IN THE DISPATCH BOOK AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE AND DISPATCHER.
IT WAS VERIFIED THAT AIRPLANE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO A HARD LANDING PICTURES DOCUMENTING THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN COLLECTED AND RECORDED.
NTSB investigation
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