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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Merritt Island, FL · July 1, 2016

Date
July 1, 2016 · 09:30 local
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Airport
Merritt Island Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
E7XS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N250FT
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 1st 2016 privacy data omitted was scheduled to do perform her first solo flight between 8-10 am.

After four successful take off and landings with the flight instructor on board, student pilot flew solo.

She made one successful landing on runway 29, the second solo landing attempt the student bounced the aircraft on runway 29 and performed a go around.

The third solo landing attempt student landed hard on runway 29 resulting in nose gear damage causing the propeller to strike the runway. The aircraft veered to the left and went into the grass.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 1ST 2016 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SCHEDULED TO DO PERFORM HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT BETWEEN 8-10 AM.

AFTER FOUR SUCCESSFUL TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD, STUDENT PILOT FLEW SOLO.

SHE MADE ONE SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, THE SECOND SOLO LANDING ATTEMPT THE STUDENT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 29 AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND.

THE THIRD SOLO LANDING ATTEMPT STUDENT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 29 RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR DAMAGE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS.