What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: the student was returning from a solo cross-country training flight. He experienced a high rate of descent and a high airspeed on his approach to landing, resulting in a hard touch down, causing damage to the tail rotor and other components. The pilot stated that just prior to touch down he was applying aft cyclic and full collective. This incident is closed privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT WAS RETURNING FROM A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. HE EXPERIENCED A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND A HIGH AIRSPEED ON HIS APPROACH TO LANDING, RESULTING IN A HARD TOUCH DOWN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR AND OTHER COMPONENTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN HE WAS APPLYING AFT CYCLIC AND FULL COLLECTIVE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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