STUDENT PLT IN GA SMA LOST CONTROL ON TOUCHDOWN VEERED OFF RWY CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR PROPELLER AND WING.

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SMA-X WAS BEING FLOWN BY STUDENT PLT. PLANE TOOK OFF FROM FOND DU LAC; SKY PORT AT APPROX XA45 ON SUNDAY JAN ACFT STAYED IN LANDING PATTERN. 2 OTHER ACFT IN PATTERN AT SAME TIME. STUDENT PLT IN SMA-X WAS FOLLOWING A SMA-Y. ON FINAL; STUDENT IN SMA-X BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH SMA-Y AND DID NOT WATCH INSTRUMENTS AS HE SHOULD HAVE; ESPECIALLY AIRSPEED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES SMA-X TOUCHED DOWN ON NOSE WHEEL. ACFT VEERED TO LEFT AND WENT INTO AREA BETWEEN RWY AND TAXIWAY. STUDENT PLT OF SMA-X ADMITS TO NOT KEEPING CLOSE CONTACT OF INSTRUMENTS DURING LNDG. ENCOUNTERED SLIGHT XWIND. TOUCH DOWN WAS MADE JUST RIGHT OF CENTERLINE A FEET AT TOUCHDOWN ACFT HAD MODE A GOOD LNDG. SECONDS LATER ACFT VEERED TO LEFT. I WAS INDECISIVE ABOUT PROPER ACTION TO CORRECT SITUATION. CONSEQUENTLY ACFT ENTERED AREA BETWEEN RWY AND TAXIWAY. ACFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROP; RIGHT WING NOSE WHEEL; I SHUT ACFT DOWN AND WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH ARRIVED SHORTLY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: FAA INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND IS TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION. BEFORE INCIDENT STUDENT HAD NOT FLOWN MORE THAN ONE OR TWO HOURS A MONTH. SINCE INCIDENT HE HAS DECIDED IF HE IS GOING TO FLY HE HAS TO CONCENTRATE ON IT MORE. HAS TAKEN CONSIDERABLE DUAL IN SMA AND AT THIS TIME NOW HAS HIS PRIVATE LICENSE AND 102 TOTAL HOURS.