What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot was completing a solo cross country flight towards his hour and landing requirements to obtain a commerical pilot certificate.
Upon arrival at his destination airport, the pilot was attempting a landing on RUNWAY19 at Waco Regional Airport (kact). The pilot landed nose first leading to a hard landing. Airport operations reported no damage to the runway and the pilot was towed back to FBO via a nose wheel dolly.
Pilot bounced after making impact with the runway and after recovering from porpoising, he brought the aircraft to a complete stop.
After the flight school mechanic started the inspection process, along with cordiantion with the NTSB, a determination was made that there was substantial damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TOWARDS HIS HOUR AND LANDING REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A COMMERICAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.
UPON ARRIVAL AT HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY19 AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT (KACT). THE PILOT LANDED NOSE FIRST LEADING TO A HARD LANDING. AIRPORT OPERATIONS REPORTED NO DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT WAS TOWED BACK TO FBO VIA A NOSE WHEEL DOLLY.
PILOT BOUNCED AFTER MAKING IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND AFTER RECOVERING FROM PORPOISING, HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A COMPLETE STOP.
AFTER THE FLIGHT SCHOOL MECHANIC STARTED THE INSPECTION PROCESS, ALONG WITH CORDIANTION WITH THE NTSB, A DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.