What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student doing practice landings in pattern. Student had two previous landings that were ok. On the third landing, after making an appropriate approach, student floated and came down hard on the runway. Plane bounced once, landed without further incident. Able to exit runway and taxi back to parking without issue. Did not speak to the mechanics until Friday, was then told about firewall and landing gear tunneling damage.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT DOING PRACTICE LANDINGS IN PATTERN. STUDENT HAD TWO PREVIOUS LANDINGS THAT WERE OK. ON THE THIRD LANDING, AFTER MAKING AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH, STUDENT FLOATED AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE RUNWAY. PLANE BOUNCED ONCE, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ABLE TO EXIT RUNWAY AND TAXI BACK TO PARKING WITHOUT ISSUE. DID NOT SPEAK TO THE MECHANICS UNTIL FRIDAY, WAS THEN TOLD ABOUT FIREWALL AND LANDING GEAR TUNNELING DAMAGE.
NTSB investigation
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