What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Immediately after touch down during first solo landing the student encountered a gust for which he failed to properly correct. The aircraft drifted off runway and impacted two small hills adjacent to the runway. Aircraft received substantial damage to firewall, forward left, forward right, and lower fuselage skin, nose gear and both main landing gear, fuel header tank, interior cockpit floor, center console, rudder pedal and rudder bar assemblies, control yoke guides, lower tail cone skin, lower tail skin, and aft rudder skin. Student also stated that during the dual instructional flight immediately prior to his first solo he had difficulty on two of the four landings due to wind. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCH DOWN DURING FIRST SOLO LANDING THE STUDENT ENCOUNTERED A GUST FOR WHICH HE FAILED TO PROPERLY CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY AND IMPACTED TWO SMALL HILLS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FIREWALL, FORWARD LEFT, FORWARD RIGHT, AND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, NOSE GEAR AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR, FUEL HEADER TANK, INTERIOR COCKPIT FLOOR, CENTER CONSOLE, RUDDER PEDAL AND RUDDER BAR ASSEMBLIES, CONTROL YOKE GUIDES, LOWER TAIL CONE SKIN, LOWER TAIL SKIN, AND AFT RUDDER SKIN. STUDENT ALSO STATED THAT DURING THE DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS FIRST SOLO HE HAD DIFFICULTY ON TWO OF THE FOUR LANDINGS DUE TO WIND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.