What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot is a student pilot and was perfroming solo flight. Pilot was landing and was moving too fast and landed early. Aircraft landed nose first and started to porpoise and bounce. The pilot tried to abort landing and advanced the throttle, which made the porpoise/bounce worse. Pilot decided to continue with the landing and pulled back the throttle. When the aircraft nose came back down the aircraft was pointed towards the left-hand side of runway. Pilot applied brakes but did not have enough room to stop before leaving the runway.
There was no damage to aircraft or property.
Pilot has obtained additional instruction and traffic pattern practice, which I have conformed with CFI.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT IS A STUDENT PILOT AND WAS PERFROMING SOLO FLIGHT. PILOT WAS LANDING AND WAS MOVING TOO FAST AND LANDED EARLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE FIRST AND STARTED TO PORPOISE AND BOUNCE. THE PILOT TRIED TO ABORT LANDING AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, WHICH MADE THE PORPOISE/BOUNCE WORSE. PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE LANDING AND PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME BACK DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED TOWARDS THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNWAY.
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.
PILOT HAS OBTAINED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICE, WHICH I HAVE CONFORMED WITH CFI.
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