What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The student pilot and certified flight instructor (CFI) were approaching runway 28 for landing. As they crossed over the threshold, the plane weas slightly left of centerline. The student pilot attempted to use right rudder to correct for the centerline deviation instead of using right aileron. The student pilot overcorrected with the rudder, which put the plane almost perpendicular to the runway. The CFI reacted by stepping on the left rudder to straighten out the nose in order to get the plane parallel to the runway. At this point, the plane was farther left of the centerline and the left wing struck the roll bar on a tractor that was mowing the lawn right alongside of the runway. The aircraft landed on the runway but the wing sustained major damages to the leading edge and underside of the wing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE APPROACHING RUNWAY 28 FOR LANDING. AS THEY CROSSED OVER THE THRESHOLD, THE PLANE WEAS SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO USE RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR THE CENTERLINE DEVIATION INSTEAD OF USING RIGHT AILERON. THE STUDENT PILOT OVERCORRECTED WITH THE RUDDER, WHICH PUT THE PLANE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE CFI REACTED BY STEPPING ON THE LEFT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE NOSE IN ORDER TO GET THE PLANE PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT, THE PLANE WAS FARTHER LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE ROLL BAR ON A TRACTOR THAT WAS MOWING THE LAWN RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY BUT THE WING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERSIDE OF THE WING.
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