From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On September 4, 2026 privacy data omitted was returning from a student solo cross country flight to san bernardino. During landing her approach became unstable and she landed nose heavy and bounced. Instead of initiating a go around from that bounce, she tried to land and porpoised again, this time striking the prop on the runway. She then commenced a go-around and flew the traffic pattern to a landing, after which she taxied to parking.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RETURNING FROM A STUDENT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO SAN BERNARDINO. DURING LANDING HER APPROACH BECAME UNSTABLE AND SHE LANDED NOSE HEAVY AND BOUNCED. INSTEAD OF INITIATING A GO AROUND FROM THAT BOUNCE, SHE TRIED TO LAND AND PORPOISED AGAIN, THIS TIME STRIKING THE PROP ON THE RUNWAY. SHE THEN COMMENCED A GO-AROUND AND FLEW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO A LANDING, AFTER WHICH SHE TAXIED TO PARKING.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.