20160317007549A

This was the student pilot?s first solo which was supervised by his flight instructor. The student was making left traffic to the approach end of runway 16 at Riverside Municipal Airport (ral). On the first traffic pattern after being released by CFI for his first solo, student and CFI both stated that he was too high for landing and elected to go-around. On the second traffic pattern, student came to a hoover over runway 16 approximately 5 feet above the touchdown zone. At that point the student lowered the collective which resulted in the aircraft descending too quickly and a hard touchdown resulted. At this point the student raised the collective causing the aircraft to begin a right turn because not enough pedal was inputted by student to counter act the increased collective. The helicopter began a right turn and continued in a right turn for approximately 720 degrees at which point the tail rotor/boom struck the ground. This resulted in the aircraft rotating onto its right side causing the right landing skid to strike the ground and break away. Additionally, both of the main rotor blades struck the ground. The aircraft came to a rest at which point the student brought the throttle to idle and pull the mixture control in order to shut down the engine. After the event, the CFI turned off the fuel and battery.