Incident Details
A student pilot was performing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings following his first cross-country solo flight. During his last landing, the airplane touched down "all the way to the right side of the runway," prompting him to abort the landing.
Sequence of Events
The pilot shut off the carburetor heat and applied power. The airplane's nose pitched up and turned to the left. It impacted the grass safety area on the left side of the runway in a nose-down attitude. The airplane came to rest inverted. According to the operator, the pilot reported that during the aborted landing, he increased power and the airplane veered left, exiting the left side of the runway. The main landing gear struck a drainage culvert before the airplane came to rest inverted.
Pilot Reports
The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Damage
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing lift strut and aileron.