Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18; Flight Crew Total 61; Flight Crew Type 61
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
On my second solo. After practiced 3 touch and go with the instructor; instructor got off the plane. I took off; stayed in pattern; everything was perfect. On the final approach; the speed was 70 knots and flaps down. I pulled throttle same place as I have always done. The plane first touched the ground; had a little bounce but I felt normal and under control. When the plane settled to the ground again the nose went over and the prop hit the ground.
My student pilot was performing a second solo after a practice flight of touch-and-goes. Student stayed in the pattern and stated she had a good final approach to the runway (it looked stable from my position on the ground beside the FBO). Upon the round out she said she bounced and the nose went over causing a prop strike and the nose gear collapsed and the plane skidded off the runway to a stop. She was not injured; the runway sustained no damage and the airplane only sustained damage to the prop with a sudden stop. Upon initial inspection by the mechanic the firewall is not damaged. The airplane was towed off the runway into a maintenance hangar.
A flight instructor and student pilot reported on a solo landing by the student pilot that resulted in a prop strike; nose landing gear collapse; and runway excursion.