What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Based on pilot narrative, an approach was made to the grass runway with the intent to land on the grass, then transition onto the concrete runway. Pilot began the flare but did not get sufficient rotation which resulted in a hard and flat landing. Realizing that the nose gear had collapsed, pilot began shutdown procedures.
Upon my arrival on scene, I saw landing gear tracks in the grass on the west side of the concrete runway leading up to the concrete, then three parallel scrapes on the concrete continuing off to the west side of the runway into the grass where the airplane came to rest.
The airplane nose was on the ground with the nose wheel assembly folded underneath. Of the propeller's four blades, the two pointed toward the ground were bent toward the rear, while the other two still pointing up did not appear to be damaged.
As the FAA filed it
BASED ON PILOT NARRATIVE, AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO THE GRASS RUNWAY WITH THE INTENT TO LAND ON THE GRASS, THEN TRANSITION ONTO THE CONCRETE RUNWAY. PILOT BEGAN THE FLARE BUT DID NOT GET SUFFICIENT ROTATION WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD AND FLAT LANDING. REALIZING THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED, PILOT BEGAN SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES.
UPON MY ARRIVAL ON SCENE, I SAW LANDING GEAR TRACKS IN THE GRASS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CONCRETE RUNWAY LEADING UP TO THE CONCRETE, THEN THREE PARALLEL SCRAPES ON THE CONCRETE CONTINUING OFF TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST.
THE AIRPLANE NOSE WAS ON THE GROUND WITH THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOLDED UNDERNEATH. OF THE PROPELLER'S FOUR BLADES, THE TWO POINTED TOWARD THE GROUND WERE BENT TOWARD THE REAR, WHILE THE OTHER TWO STILL POINTING UP DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
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