What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On September 19, 2024 at approximately 1330 MDT the aircraft suffered a hard landing and the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft which resulted in the nose landing gear collapsing on rwy 08 at bdu. The landing was made under visual meteorological conditions with clear skies and no wind reported. There were no passengers onboard and no injuries to the pilot. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose-wheel assembly as well as the engine mount and the propeller with an overall classification of substantial. The aircraft was removed from the runway and is currently undergoing repairs. The pilot stated that “immediately after touchdown, there was an upward pitch followed by episodes of increasing variation in pitch then a sudden downward pitch that likely corresponded to collapse of the nose gear and associated prop damage, etc”. There were no known mechanical issues with the aircraft prior to flight.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 MDT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A HARD LANDING AND THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING ON RWY 08 AT BDU. THE LANDING WAS MADE UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND NO WIND REPORTED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE-WHEEL ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS THE ENGINE MOUNT AND THE PROPELLER WITH AN OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REPAIRS. THE PILOT STATED THAT “IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THERE WAS AN UPWARD PITCH FOLLOWED BY EPISODES OF INCREASING VARIATION IN PITCH THEN A SUDDEN DOWNWARD PITCH THAT LIKELY CORRESPONDED TO COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND ASSOCIATED PROP DAMAGE, ETC”. THERE WERE NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLIGHT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.