What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During second solo flight after being released for unsupervised solo, morse attempted to land at a higher than normal landing speed with the flaps full down. The first attempt to land, the pilot stated the aircraft did not respond normally and he didn't land. The second attempt, the aircraft handled the same but the pilot elected to force the aircraft to the ground causing the nose gear to contact the ground hard and the propeller to strike the runway. The aircraft then bounced back into the air and stalled causing the aircraft to fall from about ten feet and the aircraft hit hard causing another bounce vertical. The pilot initiated a go-around and landed without incident. (.19) on July 11, 2001, about 1830 central daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N795SP, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at lake in the hills airport (3CK), near lake in the hills, Illinois. The solo instructional flight was operating under 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight departe d from 3CK at time unknown and was performing a landing at the time of the accident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR UNSUPERVISED SOLO, MORSE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LANDING SPEED WITH THE FLAPS FULL DOWN. THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND NORMALLY AND HE DIDN'T LAND. THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT HANDLED THE SAME BUT THE PILOT ELECTED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO CONTACT THE GROUND HARD AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND STALLED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FALL FROM ABOUT TEN FEET AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD CAUSING ANOTHER BOUNCE VERTICAL. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. (.19) ON JULY 11, 2001, ABOUT 1830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172S, N795SP, PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT (3CK), NEAR LAKE IN THE HILLS, ILLINOIS. THE SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTE D FROM 3CK AT TIME UNKNOWN AND WAS PERFORMING A LANDING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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