What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The student pilot was on her first solo cross country flight. The flight was from clark county airport (jvy) in Indiana to huntingburg airport (hnb), also in Indiana. On the return leg from hnb to jvy she applied too much wind correction angle which resulted in her flying past and to the north of her destination. She continued flying approximately 135 nautical miles to the northeast until the aircraft ran out of fuel, resulting in an emergency landing in a plow farm field. The landing was to the north and crossed the plowed furrows at a 45 degree angle. The aircraft traveled approximately 130 feet before the nose gear collapsed, resulting in the aircraft flipping over onto its back, facing approximately south.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS FROM CLARK COUNTY AIRPORT (JVY) IN INDIANA TO HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT (HNB), ALSO IN INDIANA. ON THE RETURN LEG FROM HNB TO JVY SHE APPLIED TOO MUCH WIND CORRECTION ANGLE WHICH RESULTED IN HER FLYING PAST AND TO THE NORTH OF HER DESTINATION. SHE CONTINUED FLYING APPROXIMATELY 135 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE NORTHEAST UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL, RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOW FARM FIELD. THE LANDING WAS TO THE NORTH AND CROSSED THE PLOWED FURROWS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER ONTO ITS BACK, FACING APPROXIMATELY SOUTH.
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