What happened
The incident involved a student pilot with approximately 65 hours of flight time who had been cleared for a solo flight. The primary objective of this solo exercise was to practice touch-and-go landings.
During the approach and landing phase on runway 17L, the aircraft encountered significant handling difficulties. Upon initial contact with the runway surface, the airplane landed hard. This impact caused the aircraft to bounce off the pavement and porpoise several times in rapid succession.
Following these unstable bounces, the airplane departed from the left side of the runway. As it moved onto the soft ground adjacent to the paved surface, the nose wheel sank into the terrain. The force of this sinking action caused the airplane to nosed over, ultimately coming to rest in an inverted position.