What happened
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Student pilot on first solo cross country flight made an inadvertent attempt to land downwind at an uncontrolled airport. The aircraft bounced coming down on the nose gear. The nose gear sheared off. The nose of the aircraft dug into the turf at the edge of the runway and flipped the aircraft resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft and a serious neck injury to the pilot.
Repeated attempts to contact the student pilot by telephone and email were unsuccessful.
Interview with student pilot's flight instructor indicated that the preflight planning occurred and was satisfactory. Flight instructor also stated the student had more than 150 total flight hours. Student pilot?s required logbook endorsements were made and adequate.
Recommend counseling by the FAA and no further solo flight be conducted by student pilot until additional training has been received.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT MADE AN INADVERTENT ATTEMPT TO LAND DOWNWIND AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED COMING DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE TURF AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND A SERIOUS NECK INJURY TO THE PILOT.
REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE STUDENT PILOT BY TELEPHONE AND EMAIL WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
INTERVIEW WITH STUDENT PILOT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INDICATED THAT THE PREFLIGHT PLANNING OCCURRED AND WAS SATISFACTORY. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALSO STATED THE STUDENT HAD MORE THAN 150 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS. STUDENT PILOT?S REQUIRED LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS WERE MADE AND ADEQUATE.
RECOMMEND COUNSELING BY THE FAA AND NO FURTHER SOLO FLIGHT BE CONDUCTED BY STUDENT PILOT UNTIL ADDITIONAL TRAINING HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
NTSB investigation
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