What happened
The accident occurred during the landing phase of flight. According to the account provided by the student pilot, the aircraft experienced multiple bounces immediately after touching down on the runway. Following these impacts, the airplane departed the paved surface on the left side.
The aircraft then traveled down an embankment and struck a parked airplane. The pilot later reported that he panicked after the initial bouncing occurred. At the time of the incident, the student pilot had accumulated a total of 47 hours of flight time, including only 3 hours of solo experience.
Findings
Contributing factors to this accident included the pilot's decision to continue the landing despite multiple bounces and his subsequent panic response. The lack of sufficient solo experience may have impacted the ability to recover from the bounced landing scenario.