What happened
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Student pilots first solo flight. On landing #3 of a series of touch and go's the student pilot landed flat, bounced up, came down nose first on the second bounce and heard a thump, went to full power and performed a go around. On take off, the stall horn went off, student lowered the nose raised the flaps 1 notch. The student notice the yoke seemed further aft than expected. Landed and taxied back. The damage was discovered during acft tie down.
Only one of the prop blades were damaged, the tip being impacted and bent aft. The bulkhead/firewall and nose landing gear attachment was buckled severely upwards and backwards into the cabin causing floor boards on both pilot and copilots sides to become buckled and distorted. The impact damaged the structure members behind the instrument panel severely enough to cause binding of the yokes and flight controls.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ON LANDING #3 OF A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO'S THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED FLAT, BOUNCED UP, CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST ON THE SECOND BOUNCE AND HEARD A THUMP, WENT TO FULL POWER AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND. ON TAKE OFF, THE STALL HORN WENT OFF, STUDENT LOWERED THE NOSE RAISED THE FLAPS 1 NOTCH. THE STUDENT NOTICE THE YOKE SEEMED FURTHER AFT THAN EXPECTED. LANDED AND TAXIED BACK. THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING ACFT TIE DOWN.
ONLY ONE OF THE PROP BLADES WERE DAMAGED, THE TIP BEING IMPACTED AND BENT AFT. THE BULKHEAD/FIREWALL AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT WAS BUCKLED SEVERELY UPWARDS AND BACKWARDS INTO THE CABIN CAUSING FLOOR BOARDS ON BOTH PILOT AND COPILOTS SIDES TO BECOME BUCKLED AND DISTORTED. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE STRUCTURE MEMBERS BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SEVERELY ENOUGH TO CAUSE BINDING OF THE YOKES AND FLIGHT CONTROLS.
NTSB investigation
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