What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated that during descent on the third landing attempt of his first solo flight he inadvertently pulled the mixture to cutoff instead of reducing the throttle causing the engine to shutdown. He attempted to restart the engine but was unsuccessful.
The pilot maneuvered the aircraft for an emergency landing in a clearing short of the runway but indicated it was necessary to modify his path to avoid powerlines so he was not able to make the clearing. The aircraft impacted trees in a wooded area short of the runway and came to rest in a near vertical position.
When asked to produce his airman certificate the pilot provided a temporary student pilot certificate that was no longer valid and indicated he had forgotten the permanent card at home.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED THAT DURING DESCENT ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT OF HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF INSTEAD OF REDUCING THE THROTTLE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUTDOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CLEARING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BUT INDICATED IT WAS NECESSARY TO MODIFY HIS PATH TO AVOID POWERLINES SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CLEARING. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES IN A WOODED AREA SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION.
WHEN ASKED TO PRODUCE HIS AIRMAN CERTIFICATE THE PILOT PROVIDED A TEMPORARY STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE THAT WAS NO LONGER VALID AND INDICATED HE HAD FORGOTTEN THE PERMANENT CARD AT HOME.
NTSB investigation
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