Narrative:

I am a student pilot and I met my instructor at XA30 am to talk about my fist solo cross country flight. The planned routing was ZZZ; ZZZ1; ZZZ2; ZZZ; which I had done previously on dual cross country flight with my instructor. I showed my instructor my flight plans; flight documents; we discussed the WX; radios and I was cleared to go. It just so happened that my instructor was scheduled to do a dual cross country with a student on the same route departing a few mins behind me. I was very involved in thinking about my flight and what I was going to do and I was not aware and honestly would not have thought about the fact that I needed a special endorsement in my logbook and student certificate. The flight went well all the way to ZZZ1. However on the landing at ZZZ1; I bounced the airplane on landing. When the airplane came to a stop the motor had stopped. I exited the airplane and saw that the nosewheel was missing and propeller was curled back. My instructor landed shortly afterwards and had witnessed what happened. My instructor realized that he had forgotten to endorse my logbook and asked me for it. I gave it to him and a few mins later he brought it back to me and I put it in my bag without looking at it. Sometime later mr X; the owner of the flight school; came to the terminal; he asked me for my logbook which I handed to him. My student certificate was in a small pouch in the back of the logbook. Just prior to departure from ZZZ1 I asked mr X for my logbook but he said he needed it for the investigation and would return it after the endorsement expired. I rode back to ZZZ1 with my instructor in the C150 he was flying and my instructor's student rode back with mr X. After arriving ZZZ mr X asked me to take a drug test; which I did. In closing; I would like to say that the lack of an endorsement in my documents when I left ZZZ was an honest oversight. Supplemental information from acn 753821: a student pilot that I have been training was involved in a bounced landing that resulted in a propeller-strike at ZZZ1. My student was flying a C152. I was giving dual flight instruction to another student in a C150 and arrived at ZZZ1 shortly after my solo student landed. There were no personal injuries. My student was transported to the terminal building. After ensuring that both flight plans were closed; I called the owner of aircraft X to advise him of the incident. He said he was immediately leaving and should arrive in ZZZ1 as quickly as possible. I told my employer; the aircraft owner; that I had forgotten to make the required entries in the student's logbook and on the reverse of the medical form. A little more than an hour after the incident; the airport manager transported me to the terminal. During that ride I voluntarily told the manager that I had forgotten to make the proper endorsements in the student's logbook and on the reverse of the student's medical form. I regret the error of not making the proper endorsements prior to the flight. The later signing of the logbook; was done without fraudulent intent on the date indicated; which information was true and correct. Supplemental information from acn 753667: aircraft was being flown by a student pilot on a solo cross country and had a hard landing which resulted in the nosewheel and 1/2 of the nosewheel fork shearing off. All aircraft records indicate that the aircraft was svced in accordance with all normal maintenance procedures. Failure of the nose gear was due to the extreme impact of the landing.

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Title: A STUDENT PILOT FLYING FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT; BOUNCED ON LANDING LOSING NOSEWHEEL AND BENDING PROP. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO ENDORSE STUDENT'S LOGBOOK PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

Narrative: I AM A STUDENT PLT AND I MET MY INSTRUCTOR AT XA30 AM TO TALK ABOUT MY FIST SOLO XCOUNTRY FLT. THE PLANNED ROUTING WAS ZZZ; ZZZ1; ZZZ2; ZZZ; WHICH I HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY ON DUAL XCOUNTRY FLT WITH MY INSTRUCTOR. I SHOWED MY INSTRUCTOR MY FLT PLANS; FLT DOCUMENTS; WE DISCUSSED THE WX; RADIOS AND I WAS CLRED TO GO. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT MY INSTRUCTOR WAS SCHEDULED TO DO A DUAL XCOUNTRY WITH A STUDENT ON THE SAME RTE DEPARTING A FEW MINS BEHIND ME. I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THINKING ABOUT MY FLT AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AND I WAS NOT AWARE AND HONESTLY WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT I NEEDED A SPECIAL ENDORSEMENT IN MY LOGBOOK AND STUDENT CERTIFICATE. THE FLT WENT WELL ALL THE WAY TO ZZZ1. HOWEVER ON THE LNDG AT ZZZ1; I BOUNCED THE AIRPLANE ON LNDG. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP THE MOTOR HAD STOPPED. I EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND SAW THAT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS MISSING AND PROP WAS CURLED BACK. MY INSTRUCTOR LANDED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND HAD WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED. MY INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO ENDORSE MY LOGBOOK AND ASKED ME FOR IT. I GAVE IT TO HIM AND A FEW MINS LATER HE BROUGHT IT BACK TO ME AND I PUT IT IN MY BAG WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT. SOMETIME LATER MR X; THE OWNER OF THE FLT SCHOOL; CAME TO THE TERMINAL; HE ASKED ME FOR MY LOGBOOK WHICH I HANDED TO HIM. MY STUDENT CERTIFICATE WAS IN A SMALL POUCH IN THE BACK OF THE LOGBOOK. JUST PRIOR TO DEP FROM ZZZ1 I ASKED MR X FOR MY LOGBOOK BUT HE SAID HE NEEDED IT FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND WOULD RETURN IT AFTER THE ENDORSEMENT EXPIRED. I RODE BACK TO ZZZ1 WITH MY INSTRUCTOR IN THE C150 HE WAS FLYING AND MY INSTRUCTOR'S STUDENT RODE BACK WITH MR X. AFTER ARRIVING ZZZ MR X ASKED ME TO TAKE A DRUG TEST; WHICH I DID. IN CLOSING; I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE LACK OF AN ENDORSEMENT IN MY DOCUMENTS WHEN I LEFT ZZZ WAS AN HONEST OVERSIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 753821: A STUDENT PLT THAT I HAVE BEEN TRAINING WAS INVOLVED IN A BOUNCED LNDG THAT RESULTED IN A PROP-STRIKE AT ZZZ1. MY STUDENT WAS FLYING A C152. I WAS GIVING DUAL FLT INSTRUCTION TO ANOTHER STUDENT IN A C150 AND ARRIVED AT ZZZ1 SHORTLY AFTER MY SOLO STUDENT LANDED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. MY STUDENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING. AFTER ENSURING THAT BOTH FLT PLANS WERE CLOSED; I CALLED THE OWNER OF ACFT X TO ADVISE HIM OF THE INCIDENT. HE SAID HE WAS IMMEDIATELY LEAVING AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN ZZZ1 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I TOLD MY EMPLOYER; THE ACFT OWNER; THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO MAKE THE REQUIRED ENTRIES IN THE STUDENT'S LOGBOOK AND ON THE REVERSE OF THE MEDICAL FORM. A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HR AFTER THE INCIDENT; THE ARPT MGR TRANSPORTED ME TO THE TERMINAL. DURING THAT RIDE I VOLUNTARILY TOLD THE MGR THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO MAKE THE PROPER ENDORSEMENTS IN THE STUDENT'S LOGBOOK AND ON THE REVERSE OF THE STUDENT'S MEDICAL FORM. I REGRET THE ERROR OF NOT MAKING THE PROPER ENDORSEMENTS PRIOR TO THE FLT. THE LATER SIGNING OF THE LOGBOOK; WAS DONE WITHOUT FRAUDULENT INTENT ON THE DATE INDICATED; WHICH INFO WAS TRUE AND CORRECT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 753667: ACFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY A STUDENT PLT ON A SOLO XCOUNTRY AND HAD A HARD LNDG WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSEWHEEL AND 1/2 OF THE NOSEWHEEL FORK SHEARING OFF. ALL ACFT RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE ACFT WAS SVCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL NORMAL MAINT PROCS. FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR WAS DUE TO THE EXTREME IMPACT OF THE LNDG.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.