| Crash location | 35.436111°N, 82.541666°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Asheville, NC
35.590390°N, 82.560126°W 10.7 miles away |
| Tail number | N2055R |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 01 Nov 2008 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172 |
| Additional details: | None |
While conducting touch and go landings during the student pilot’s first solo flight, the Cessna 172S hit the runway "hard" and then bounced. The pilot added power, but the airplane "stalled" and the nose of the airplane pitched down, impacting the runway on the nose landing gear. The fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged during landing.
The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.