What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted departed form the uncontrolled airport for his second solo flight at about 1930 central daylight time. It was his first flight of the day, after three touch and go landings, he made a hard landing, bounced back into the air and attempted a go-around. After he increased the power and retracted the flaps the airplane would not accelerate, it turned and rolled left and flew into a corn field where it settled into the crop sustaining substantial damage. The student pilot had been flying about a month, accumulating 13.5 total hours, his first solo was on July 16, 2007. His instructor had flown with another student in the same airplane earlier and was aware that the pilot privacy data omitted was planning to make a local solo flight.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FORM THE UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT FOR HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AT ABOUT 1930 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME. IT WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, AFTER THREE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, HE MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. AFTER HE INCREASED THE POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, IT TURNED AND ROLLED LEFT AND FLEW INTO A CORN FIELD WHERE IT SETTLED INTO THE CROP SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING ABOUT A MONTH, ACCUMULATING 13.5 TOTAL HOURS, HIS FIRST SOLO WAS ON JULY 16, 2007. HIS INSTRUCTOR HAD FLOWN WITH ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE SAME AIRPLANE EARLIER AND WAS AWARE THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PLANNING TO MAKE A LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.