What happened
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On 09/12/2009 privacy data omitted departed kgfk at 7:50 pm flying N523ND a CE-172S on a night cross country flight to kbde performed a stop and go around 8:15 pm then departed to kpkd. At around 10:20 pm kpkd privacy data omitted did a go around on his first landing because he was high. On second landing privacy data omitted performed a stop and go touching down after the 4th runway stripe. After stoping privacy data omitted set the flaps to 10 degrees and performed the takeoff. About 100 feet privacy data omitted brought the flaps to 0 degrees. At that time privacy data omitted noticed his speed was around 70 knots and he pitched the nose of the airplane down to gain speed and contacted the ground about 100 feet off the end of runway 31 at kpkd. privacy data omittedSaid after he hit the ground everything happened very fast and he did not remember much about what happened. From marks in the grass at the end of runway 31 about 100 feet off the end of the runway you can see where the aircraft touched down in the grass and went back into the air again. When the aircraft contacted the ground the second time there were 8 scars on the ground were the propeller struck the ground. Then the airplane went airborne again and then the airplane struck the ground for the third time and the left wing struck the ground, then the right wing struck the ground and the airplanes nose wheel collapsed. The airplane was tipped up on its nose about 150 feet off the end of runway 31. The aircraft was destroyed. When the pilot first bounced he hit his head on something and on the last contact with the ground the amsafe seat belt airbag went off on the pilot side. The unoccupied right seat belt airbag did not go off. privacy data omitted Said the airbag worked well. The pilot had minor injury of a cut above his eye and was released from the hospital with stiches later in the day. All aircraft controls moved in the proper directions but were bounded because the engine compressed the fire wall into the aircraft controls after the final impact with the ground. Mr. Li yang surrendered his private pilot certificate rather than take a 44709.
As the FAA filed it
ON 09/12/2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KGFK AT 7:50 PM FLYING N523ND A CE-172S ON A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO KBDE PERFORMED A STOP AND GO AROUND 8:15 PM THEN DEPARTED TO KPKD. AT AROUND 10:20 PM KPKD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID A GO AROUND ON HIS FIRST LANDING BECAUSE HE WAS HIGH. ON SECOND LANDING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A STOP AND GO TOUCHING DOWN AFTER THE 4TH RUNWAY STRIPE. AFTER STOPING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SET THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES AND PERFORMED THE TAKEOFF. ABOUT 100 FEET ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROUGHT THE FLAPS TO 0 DEGREES. AT THAT TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED HIS SPEED WAS AROUND 70 KNOTS AND HE PITCHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE DOWN TO GAIN SPEED AND CONTACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 31 AT KPKD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SAID AFTER HE HIT THE GROUND EVERYTHING HAPPENED VERY FAST AND HE DID NOT REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. FROM MARKS IN THE GRASS AT THE END OF RUNWAY 31 ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS AND WENT BACK INTO THE AIR AGAIN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE 8 SCARS ON THE GROUND WERE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THEN THE AIRPLANE WENT AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THEN THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANES NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE WAS TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE ABOUT 150 FEET OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. WHEN THE PILOT FIRST BOUNCED HE HIT HIS HEAD ON SOMETHING AND ON THE LAST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE AMSAFE SEAT BELT AIRBAG WENT OFF ON THE PILOT SIDE. THE UNOCCUPIED RIGHT SEAT BELT AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE AIRBAG WORKED WELL. THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURY OF A CUT ABOVE HIS EYE AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH STICHES LATER IN THE DAY. ALL AIRCRAFT CONTROLS MOVED IN THE PROPER DIRECTIONS BUT WERE BOUNDED BECAUSE THE ENGINE COMPRESSED THE FIRE WALL INTO THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AFTER THE FINAL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.MR. LI YANG SURRENDERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE RATHER THAN TAKE A 44709.
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