Spi flares too high on landing. Aircraft damaged.

Attributes
ACN	324980
Time
Date	199601
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 7a1
State Reference	SC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 16 flight time total : 16 flight time type : 16
ASRS Report	321980
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During my first solo flight the following happened: after being in the traffic pattern with my instructor we first did 2 touch-and-goes and we did a simulated engine failure on downwind. We then did a go around and then landed for a full stop. I then took off for my first solo flight. I did my first pattern and did my first landing, came in for my second landing which also was ok. Both lndgs were not really smooth but safe. When I came for my third landing I was not correctly aligned and not established on final, so I initiated a go around. The next landing was supposed to be a full stop. I was stable on final, but started my flare too high (according to my instructor). I misjudged my ht at that moment, I bounced hard on the runway. I did not react correctly on the bounce, which was followed by a nosewheel landing. I felt heavy nosewheel shimmy, and I stopped the plane on the runway. It turned out that the nosewheel was flat. Nosewheel was damaged, as well as the nose strut and engine mouth. The cause of the damage/problem was my fault, to flare too high above the ground and that I did not react correctly on the bounce by not initiating immediately a go around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SPI FLARES TOO HIGH ON LNDG. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: DURING MY FIRST SOLO FLT THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED: AFTER BEING IN THE TFC PATTERN WITH MY INSTRUCTOR WE FIRST DID 2 TOUCH-AND-GOES AND WE DID A SIMULATED ENG FAILURE ON DOWNWIND. WE THEN DID A GAR AND THEN LANDED FOR A FULL STOP. I THEN TOOK OFF FOR MY FIRST SOLO FLT. I DID MY FIRST PATTERN AND DID MY FIRST LNDG, CAME IN FOR MY SECOND LNDG WHICH ALSO WAS OK. BOTH LNDGS WERE NOT REALLY SMOOTH BUT SAFE. WHEN I CAME FOR MY THIRD LNDG I WAS NOT CORRECTLY ALIGNED AND NOT ESTABLISHED ON FINAL, SO I INITIATED A GAR. THE NEXT LNDG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FULL STOP. I WAS STABLE ON FINAL, BUT STARTED MY FLARE TOO HIGH (ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTOR). I MISJUDGED MY HT AT THAT MOMENT, I BOUNCED HARD ON THE RWY. I DID NOT REACT CORRECTLY ON THE BOUNCE, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A NOSEWHEEL LNDG. I FELT HVY NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY, AND I STOPPED THE PLANE ON THE RWY. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS FLAT. NOSEWHEEL WAS DAMAGED, AS WELL AS THE NOSE STRUT AND ENG MOUTH. THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE/PROB WAS MY FAULT, TO FLARE TOO HIGH ABOVE THE GND AND THAT I DID NOT REACT CORRECTLY ON THE BOUNCE BY NOT INITIATING IMMEDIATELY A GAR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.