Accident Sequence
The accident occurred during the student pilot's second landing on her first solo flight. According to her account, the airplane began to porpoise immediately after the nose landing gear touched down. The airplane completed several porpoise cycles before she decided to abort the landing.
After increasing engine power and becoming airborne, the airplane began to veer left toward trees situated alongside the runway. To correct the left veer, she applied right rudder. In an attempt to decrease drag, she reduced the flap setting from 20 to 10 degrees. The airplane stalled during a right turn, about 20 to 30 feet above the ground, and entered a nose-down attitude. She was able to level the airplane before it landed hard on all three landing gear off the left side of the runway.
Pilot's Account
The student pilot stated that asymmetric loading of the propeller (P-Factor) caused the airplane to veer left after she increased engine power for the aborted landing. She also noted that she had not received flight instruction demonstrating the airplane's flight characteristics while in ground effect at airspeeds at or near stall speed.
Damage
The engine firewall and fuselage were substantially damaged during the event.