What happened
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(-23) Student pilot,privacy data omitted , was on a solo cross country flight from greenville, SC (gyh) to Habersham County Airport (ajr). The student pilot, privacy data omitted, was qualified to conduct the flight and was adequately briefed and endorsed by her flight instructor, privacy data omitted , on all aspects of the flight. The weather was VFR, and per airport employees, VMC conditions existed with light and variable winds at the time of the accident. The flight was uneventful from the departure airport enroute to the destination airport. The student pilot established herself in the pattern for a landing on runway 06, which was the active runway at the time. Runway 06 is asphalt surface, 4,200 x 75 feet, with a 1 degree upslope. The rwy is in excellent condition with adequate and appropriate rwy markings. Upon the attempt to land the aircraft, the student pilot over controlled the aircraft causing the airplane to porpoise or create a pilot induced ossolation (pio). The aircraft continued its pio until it descended in an extreme nose low attitude with sufficient force to break the nose wheel allowing for the aircraft propeller to conta CT the ground. At approximately 1,500 feet down the runway. The aircraft continued the skid to the left departing the left side of the runway, approximately five feet, then returning to the runway, coming to rest near the centerline. The estimated distance of the skid is approximately 150 feet. This is evident due to aircraft paint markings on the asphalt surface. The aircraft suffered substantial damage, with observed damage to the propeller, cowling, nose gear, sheet metal, and possible structural damage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) STUDENT PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM GREENVILLE, SC (GYH) TO HABERSHAM COUNTY AIRPORT (AJR). THE STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY D^, WAS QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT THE FLIGHT AND WAS ADEQUATELY BRIEFED AND ENDORSED BY HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE FLIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR, AND PER AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT ENROUTE TO THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT ESTABLISHED HERSELF IN THE PATTERN FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 06, WHICH WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AT THE TIME. RUNWAY 06 IS ASPHALT SURFACE, 4,200 X 75 FEET, WITH A 1 DEGREE UPSLOPE. THE RWY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE RWY MARKINGS. UPON THE ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, THE STUDENT PILOT OVER CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO PORPOISE OR CREATE A PILOT INDUCED OSSOLATION (PIO). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS PIO UNTIL IT DESCENDED IN AN EXTREME NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO BREAK THE NOSE WHEEL ALLOWING FOR THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO CONTA CT THE GROUND. AT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE SKID TO THE LEFT DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET, THEN RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST NEAR THE CENTERLINE. THE ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF THE SKID IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. THIS IS EVIDENT DUE TO AIRCRAFT PAINT MARKINGS ON THE ASPHALT SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, WITH OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWLING, NOSE GEAR, SHEET METAL, AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
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