What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On final approach the aircraft landed short of the grass airstrip striking the riverbank between the nose landing gear and the rear main gear, collapsing the nose gear and shearing off the rear main gear. The aircraft skidded to a stop on the grass airstrip.
As the FAA filed it
ON FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE GRASS AIRSTRIP STRIKING THE RIVERBANK BETWEEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE REAR MAIN GEAR, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND SHEARING OFF THE REAR MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE GRASS AIRSTRIP.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.