What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While on a solo training flight the student made a misjudgment on the flare attitude of the aircraft. This caused the aircraft to land flat which caused the aircraft to bounce on landing. This caused the student pilot to panic and correct improperly. The aircraft attitude was pitched down and the aircraft impacted the runway surface in a nose down attitude. The nosewheel of the aircraft was damaged and the aircraft porpoised down the runway approximately 5 times before coming to a full stop. While porpoising down the runway major damage was done to the nosewheel, firewall, floor boards, bottom structure of the fuselage, primary flight controls, and propeller strikes. Student pilot was able to remain in control enough to bring aircraft to a stop on the runway, then taxied clear of runway to parking to identify damage done to aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT THE STUDENT MADE A MISJUDGMENT ON THE FLARE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND FLAT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE ON LANDING. THIS CAUSED THE STUDENT PILOT TO PANIC AND CORRECT IMPROPERLY. THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE WAS PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. WHILE PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY MAJOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE NOSEWHEEL, FIREWALL, FLOOR BOARDS, BOTTOM STRUCTURE OF THE FUSELAGE, PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND PROPELLER STRIKES. STUDENT PILOT WAS ABLE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL ENOUGH TO BRING AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, THEN TAXIED CLEAR OF RUNWAY TO PARKING TO IDENTIFY DAMAGE DONE TO AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
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