What happened
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privacy data omitted Student pilot arrived at Creve Coeur Airport at 10 am. There was no one around but him. He conducted a thorough preflight of the aircraft, checked himself then taxied out. He announced his takeoff on CTAF and performed two landings and two takeoffs. He does not recall anything about the incident. He remembers a bump and was shook up after the incident. He taxied the aircraft from the runway to the refuel area and shut down. He then noticed the damage to the aircraft and contacted brian borton and his CFI stephen jestis. They told him to leave the aircraft where it was and he departed.
The following significant and pertinent damage was noted: nose gear was displaced aft approximately 2 inches; nose wheel fairing was scratched and gouged; engine mount was bent on multiple struts; engine was displaced right approximately one inch; one blade tip scraped and gouged at the tip; a nose wheel steering link was bent; the aircraft skin at the lower left and right corner of the windshield was wrinkled; the windshield was cracked at the upper left corner.
This accident resulted from privacy data omitted not flying the aircraft after he realized the landing was not going well. A subsequent flight with his flight instructor revealed that he would freeze up if the aircraft was not responding as he thought it should.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STUDENT PILOT ARRIVED AT CREVE COEUR AIRPORT AT 10 AM. THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND BUT HIM. HE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, CHECKED HIMSELF THEN TAXIED OUT. HE ANNOUNCED HIS TAKEOFF ON CTAF AND PERFORMED TWO LANDINGS AND TWO TAKEOFFS. HE DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT. HE REMEMBERS A BUMP AND WAS SHOOK UP AFTER THE INCIDENT. HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE REFUEL AREA AND SHUT DOWN. HE THEN NOTICED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTACTED BRIAN BORTON AND HIS CFI STEPHEN JESTIS. THEY TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT WHERE IT WAS AND HE DEPARTED.
THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT AND PERTINENT DAMAGE WAS NOTED: NOSE GEAR WAS DISPLACED AFT APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES; NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS SCRATCHED AND GOUGED; ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT ON MULTIPLE STRUTS; ENGINE WAS DISPLACED RIGHT APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH; ONE BLADE TIP SCRAPED AND GOUGED AT THE TIP; A NOSE WHEEL STEERING LINK WAS BENT; THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AT THE LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS WRINKLED; THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HE REALIZED THE LANDING WAS NOT GOING WELL. A SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REVEALED THAT HE WOULD FREEZE UP IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING AS HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD.
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