What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The student pilot departed from plr for a cross country flight to ryy. The weather at the time of departure was marginal VMC to IMC. A strong weather front had just passed the airport just minutes before the departure moving east, the direction of the flight. The pilot had just soloed on 12/20/09. He had not received any crosscountry training. He had received about a half hour of under the hood training with sole reference to instruments. The instructor stated that the student could not fly under the hood. The accident site is about 37 miles from plr. Emergency personnel near the accident site at the time reported the weather as heavy rain, poor visibility and very windy. The aircraft impacted in a near vertical attitude with no indication of aircraft rotation.
As the FAA filed it
THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM PLR FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO RYY. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS MARGINAL VMC TO IMC. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT HAD JUST PASSED THE AIRPORT JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE DEPARTURE MOVING EAST, THE DIRECTION OF THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD JUST SOLOED ON 12/20/09. HE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY CROSSCOUNTRY TRAINING. HE HAD RECEIVED ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF UNDER THE HOOD TRAINING WITH SOLE REFERENCE TO INSTRUMENTS. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE STUDENT COULD NOT FLY UNDER THE HOOD. THE ACCIDENT SITE IS ABOUT 37 MILES FROM PLR. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE AT THE TIME REPORTED THE WEATHER AS HEAVY RAIN, POOR VISIBILITY AND VERY WINDY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE WITH NO INDICATION OF AIRCRAFT ROTATION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.