What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student pilot was performing his second solo flight at his home airport (kful). Weather conditions at the time of the accident at approximately 11:40 PST was calm winds, 10 sm visibility, dry runway. Student had performed four normal takeoffs and landings in the kful traffic pattern without incident. On his fifth takeoff attempt he made the decision to perform a soft-field takeoff and failed to make the neccessary control inputs with the proper amount of right rudder. This caused the airplane to drift to the left and off the runway surface and impact one of the four PAPI light installation boxes. Damage to aircraft was substantial. Inspection of aircraft by iic revealed flight controls had normal range of motion and travel. Damage included buckled floor of lower fuselage, vertical gash in left wing leading edge, propeller tips broken off, multiple punctures in lower fuselage, left gear strut dented and damaged at fuselage connection, engine mount bent.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AT HIS HOME AIRPORT (KFUL). WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 PST WAS CALM WINDS, 10 SM VISIBILITY, DRY RUNWAY. STUDENT HAD PERFORMED FOUR NORMAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN THE KFUL TRAFFIC PATTERN WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON HIS FIFTH TAKEOFF ATTEMPT HE MADE THE DECISION TO PERFORM A SOFT-FIELD TAKEOFF AND FAILED TO MAKE THE NECCESSARY CONTROL INPUTS WITH THE PROPER AMOUNT OF RIGHT RUDDER. THIS CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND IMPACT ONE OF THE FOUR PAPI LIGHT INSTALLATION BOXES. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT BY IIC REVEALED FLIGHT CONTROLS HAD NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION AND TRAVEL. DAMAGE INCLUDED BUCKLED FLOOR OF LOWER FUSELAGE, VERTICAL GASH IN LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, PROPELLER TIPS BROKEN OFF, MULTIPLE PUNCTURES IN LOWER FUSELAGE, LEFT GEAR STRUT DENTED AND DAMAGED AT FUSELAGE CONNECTION, ENGINE MOUNT BENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.