Incident Details
A student pilot was practicing landings on runway 9L when, during the second landing attempt, the airplane bounced into the air upon touchdown. The pilot stated that as the airplane settled back to the runway, the nose landing gear touched down before the main landing gear. Subsequently, the nose landing gear folded, and the aircraft veered to the left edge of the runway and then to the right, coming to a stop in the middle of the runway.
Pilot Information
The student pilot reported a total flight time of 179 hours, with 52 hours as pilot-in-command. In the previous 90 days, the pilot had flown 22 hours, and 14 hours in the previous 30 days. The pilot had not flown in the 24 hours prior to the accident flight, aside from the accident flight itself.
Weather Conditions
Local winds approximately 13 minutes before the accident were from 060 degrees true at 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots. Approximately 26 minutes after the accident, winds were from 120 degrees true at 7 knots, with direction variable between 100 and 160 degrees.