From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Student pilot on second supervised solo flight during the third landing failed to control rate of descent on short final allowing the aircraft to bounce back airborne, then the aircraft landed hard on the nose gear and bounced a second time. The student initiated a balked landing and went around for what appeared to be a normal landing when he discovered that the nose tire was flat.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT DURING THE THIRD LANDING FAILED TO CONTROL RATE OF DESCENT ON SHORT FINAL ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK AIRBORNE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR AND BOUNCED A SECOND TIME. THE STUDENT INITIATED A BALKED LANDING AND WENT AROUND FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL LANDING WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT.