Incident Details
During a night cross-country flight, a student pilot and his instructor performed two full stop landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. On the first landing, the airplane stalled just above the runway. As a result, the front left landing gear made contact with the runway first, leading to a hard landing. The second landing was described as a normal, soft touchdown.
Inspection Findings
A postflight inspection revealed that a portion of the airplane's fuselage on the left side had sustained substantial damage from the hard landing. The instructor pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Conclusion
No further details regarding the cause of the stall or the circumstances of the flight were provided in the source.