Incident Overview
A student pilot, who had accumulated 31 hours of flight time, was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 24. According to the pilot's account, during the second touch-and-go, while the aircraft was rolling on the runway, a gust of wind lifted the aircraft and deposited it onto a grass area to the left of the runway.
Sequence of Events
The student stated that he attempted to steer the aircraft against the wind change while applying braking. He reported that he was unable to stop the aircraft before it dropped off the cleared grassy area into a rougher area characterized by taller grass and debris. As the aircraft came to a stop, it flipped over nose-first and came to rest inverted.
Meteorological Conditions
The wind at the time of the incident was reported as coming from 190 degrees at 9 knots.