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A flight instructor reported observing a student pilot on the first solo flight; bounce on landing resulting in a collapsed nosegear and prop strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1462114 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 380 Flight Crew Type 250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
My student got a prop strike on his first solo. My student has more than 60 hours (he changed 3 times of instructor because they got a job in the airlines). Before soloing him I covered all the part 61-87 and even sent him to pre solo with another instructor; he is a very good student and always since I started with him he did all his landing without my help. So after giving him the pre solo written test and the 3 endorsements for the solo; he took off under my supervision; did his traffic pattern and got the clearance to land full stop on; he touched down but started to bounce; at the 3 bounces the nose wheel collapsed and he finished his landing on the prop. Of course; I have taught him about going around but he was so focused on landing the airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A flight instructor reported observing a student pilot on the first solo flight; bounce on landing resulting in a collapsed nosegear and prop strike.
Narrative: My student got a prop strike on his first solo. My student has more than 60 hours (he changed 3 times of instructor because they got a job in the airlines). Before soloing him I covered all the part 61-87 and even sent him to pre solo with another instructor; he is a very good student and always since I started with him he did all his landing without my help. So after giving him the pre solo written test and the 3 endorsements for the solo; he took off under my supervision; did his traffic pattern and got the clearance to land full stop on; he touched down but started to bounce; at the 3 bounces the nose wheel collapsed and he finished his landing on the prop. Of course; I have taught him about going around but he was so focused on landing the airplane.
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