What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 20, 2012 a student pilot on a solo cross country flight from grass valley (goo) to westover amador-Jackson (jaq) airport exited the runway after landing traveled down an embankment and nosed over. The student pilot stated that he touched down normal. As the nose wheel touched the ground it "went crazy". The aircraft steered to veer to the left. The student pilot applied control inputs to counteract the movement and the airplane swerved to the right and left a few times before it excited the right side of the runway near mid field.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 20, 2012 A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM GRASS VALLEY (GOO) TO WESTOVER AMADOR-JACKSON (JAQ) AIRPORT EXITED THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING TRAVELED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN NORMAL. AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE GROUND IT "WENT CRAZY". THE AIRCRAFT STEERED TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED CONTROL INPUTS TO COUNTERACT THE MOVEMENT AND THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT EXCITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY NEAR MID FIELD.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.