What happened
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Student pilot completing solo take-off and landings stated that he thought he flared too high and then bounced the aircraft near or on the runway threshold and then bounced it again further down the runway causing the airplane to become misaligned to the left of the centerline of runway 29. The airplane then departed the left side of the runway into the grass. The student then proceeded with a go-around procedure, advancing the throttle to the full position. The student did not make the appropriate control and rudder inputs to bring the airplane back onto the runway surface area and continued further left of the runway gaining some altitude striking tree one with outer portion of the left wing and then striking the top portion of tree two coming to rest beneath it. The pilot said he did not remember unbuckling his seat belt. The pilot began exiting the airplane and the owner of the property he came to rest on asked if he shut the fuel off. The student pilot then put the fuel selector in the off position and turned the master/battery switch to the off position and then exited the airplane. The students flight instructor called the FSDO and reported the accident.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT COMPLETING SOLO TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE FLARED TOO HIGH AND THEN BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT NEAR OR ON THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND THEN BOUNCED IT AGAIN FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO BECOME MISALIGNED TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 29. THE AIRPLANE THEN DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE STUDENT THEN PROCEEDED WITH A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, ADVANCING THE THROTTLE TO THE FULL POSITION. THE STUDENT DID NOT MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CONTROL AND RUDDER INPUTS TO BRING THE AIRPLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AREA AND CONTINUED FURTHER LEFT OF THE RUNWAY GAINING SOME ALTITUDE STRIKING TREE ONE WITH OUTER PORTION OF THE LEFT WING AND THEN STRIKING THE TOP PORTION OF TREE TWO COMING TO REST BENEATH IT. THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT REMEMBER UNBUCKLING HIS SEAT BELT. THE PILOT BEGAN EXITING THE AIRPLANE AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HE CAME TO REST ON ASKED IF HE SHUT THE FUEL OFF. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN PUT THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE OFF POSITION AND TURNED THE MASTER/BATTERY SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THE STUDENTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CALLED THE FSDO AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.