Accident Overview
A student pilot with 23 total flight hours was conducting his second solo flight in a tricycle-gear single-engine airplane. The accident occurred during his second solo landing of the day on runway 17, a 6,100-foot-long by 75-foot-wide asphalt runway.
Sequence of Events
As the student pilot approached landing, he misjudged the flare, causing the airplane to bounce on the runway. In attempting to recover from the bounced landing, he inadvertently pushed the yoke forward, resulting in a nose-low attitude. The nose landing gear then impacted the runway and separated from the airframe. The airplane skidded down runway 17, departed the edge of the runway, and nosed over, coming to rest inverted in the grass.
Aftermath
There was no fire, and the pilot was able to egress from the airplane unassisted. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was from 180 degrees at 5 knots.
Investigation Findings
The accident sequence was initiated by the student pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare, which led to a bounced landing. During the recovery, an inadvertent forward yoke input placed the airplane in a nose-low attitude, resulting in the nose gear impact and separation, followed by the nose-over.