What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 10/21/2022, a student pilot was conducting practice solo takeoff and landings. On his second landing, the aircraft bounced several times, veered off the runway, struck a runway light, went off an embankment and came to rest overturned. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the engine mount/firewall, wings, fuselage, vertical/horizontal stabilizer and landing gear.
Go-pro video provided by the pilot showed a hard landing followed by several bounces. As the aircraft bounced, it veered off the paved surface. The pilot attempted to “steer” the aircraft with the ailerons instead of using rudder to correct back to centerline of the runway. While departing the embankment the pilot pulled back on the yoke causing the aircraft to glide until the stall horn sounded. The aircraft impacted a drainage ditch and overturned.
As the FAA filed it
ON 10/21/2022, A STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING PRACTICE SOLO TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. ON HIS SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, WENT OFF AN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST OVERTURNED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNT/FIREWALL, WINGS, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LANDING GEAR.
GO-PRO VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE PILOT SHOWED A HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL BOUNCES. AS THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, IT VEERED OFF THE PAVED SURFACE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO “STEER” THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE AILERONS INSTEAD OF USING RUDDER TO CORRECT BACK TO CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. WHILE DEPARTING THE EMBANKMENT THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GLIDE UNTIL THE STALL HORN SOUNDED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DRAINAGE DITCH AND OVERTURNED.
NTSB investigation
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