What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: during first student solo flight engine quit while student was in the landing pattern. Aircraft landed short of grass runway in a cleared field and cross wind caused the aircraft to veer to the left into a ditch after landing. Right main gear sheered off at fuselage, right wing struts bent, nose gear damaged and lower fuselage fabric damaged. Pilot stated that he encountered turbulence just prior to the engine quitting. The bulb type primer functionally checked ok in a post flight check. privacy data omitted (-23)This accident was originally downgraded to an incident, based on ASI (a/w) inspection. NTSB considered this an accident. For FAA records we are closing this file with this amendment (incident number 98012000659G).
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING FIRST STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT ENGINE QUIT WHILE STUDENT WAS IN THE LANDING PATTERN. AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF GRASS RUNWAY IN A CLEARED FIELD AND CROSS WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT INTO A DITCH AFTER LANDING. RIGHT MAIN GEAR SHEERED OFF AT FUSELAGE, RIGHT WING STRUTS BENT, NOSE GEAR DAMAGED AND LOWER FUSELAGE FABRIC DAMAGED. PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE JUST PRIOR TO THE ENGINE QUITTING. THE BULB TYPE PRIMER FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED OK IN A POST FLIGHT CHECK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23)THIS ACCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT, BASED ON ASI (A/W) INSPECTION. NTSB CONSIDERED THIS AN ACCIDENT. FOR FAA RECORDS WE ARE CLOSING THIS FILE WITH THIS AMENDMENT (INCIDENT NUMBER 98012000659G).
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.