What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The student pilot was returning from a long first solo cross country flight. The student pilot was attemping to land at the kbkl airport. The student pilot aborted two landing attempts. On the third landing attempt, the student pilot bounced the aircraft again, attempted to go around, applied full power to the aircraft. While on the ground, the aircraft turned to the left, departed the runway to the left, plowed through snow, struck a runway distance remaining sign, struck a vehicle stop sign, bounded into rocks snapping the nose gear off and came to rest about 1200 feet down the runway.
As the FAA filed it
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A LONG FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPING TO LAND AT THE KBKL AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT ABORTED TWO LANDING ATTEMPTS. ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN, ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, APPLIED FULL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE ON THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, PLOWED THROUGH SNOW, STRUCK A RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN, STRUCK A VEHICLE STOP SIGN, BOUNDED INTO ROCKS SNAPPING THE NOSE GEAR OFF AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 1200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.