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An instructor pilot reported watching his solo student pilot lose control of the PA28 after contacting the runway nose gear first. A runway excursion resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 856485 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 141 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 118 Flight Crew Total 565 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Student pilot completing his/her first solo. At 20' AGL; the student reduced power to idle; causing the nose to drop. The student could not pull the nose up. The student landed on the nose wheel and; upon trying to recover; lost control allowing the aircraft to go off the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An instructor pilot reported watching his solo student pilot lose control of the PA28 after contacting the runway nose gear first. A runway excursion resulted.
Narrative: Student pilot completing his/her first solo. At 20' AGL; the student reduced power to idle; causing the nose to drop. The student could not pull the nose up. The student landed on the nose wheel and; upon trying to recover; lost control allowing the aircraft to go off the runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.