What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The student pilot made an approach for landing at Delta, UT on a cross country solo flight. He had some issues with the stabilized approach but continued to landing zone. He made a hard landing and lost control of the aircraft which departed the runway and landed nose down and flipped over on it tail causing substantial damage.
As the FAA filed it
THE STUDENT PILOT MADE AN APPROACH FOR LANDING AT DELTA, UT ON A CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT. HE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE STABILIZED APPROACH BUT CONTINUED TO LANDING ZONE. HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND LANDED NOSE DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER ON IT TAIL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
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