What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The student pilot on the second leg of a solo cross country flight landed short of kays runway 13 threshold practicing a flap up landing. The aircraft contacted the ground nose landing gear first, breaking the strut and flipped the aircraft over inverted, substantially damaging the aircraft. During the approach at approximately 100-150 feet above the surface and 300 feet before the threshold the aircraft lost altitude and struck the ground. The aircraft flipped over onto the upper fuselage/wings and vertical stabilzier and came to rest inverted approximately 225 feet short of the threshold.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT ON THE SECOND LEG OF A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT LANDED SHORT OF KAYS RUNWAY 13 THRESHOLD PRACTICING A FLAP UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND NOSE LANDING GEAR FIRST, BREAKING THE STRUT AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER INVERTED, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 100-150 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE AND 300 FEET BEFORE THE THRESHOLD THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE UPPER FUSELAGE/WINGS AND VERTICAL STABILZIER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 225 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.