Student pilot on first solo landing hit on nose gear collapsing the gear and damaging the aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	87475
Time
Date	198805
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hvn
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	87475
Person 2
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : student
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On short final, student on first solo flight. Approach looked good. Aircraft touched down on main wheels and bounded back into air approximately 2'. On second T/D, aircraft bounced approximately 7' into air. Aircraft came down on nose gear, separating gear from aircraft. Aircraft slid to a halt after approximately 100'. 10' to right of center line aircraft should go around if landing isn't working out correctly!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STUDENT PLT ON FIRST SOLO LNDG HIT ON NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING THE GEAR AND DAMAGING THE ACFT.

Narrative: ON SHORT FINAL, STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO FLT. APCH LOOKED GOOD. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON MAIN WHEELS AND BOUNDED BACK INTO AIR APPROX 2'. ON SECOND T/D, ACFT BOUNCED APPROX 7' INTO AIR. ACFT CAME DOWN ON NOSE GEAR, SEPARATING GEAR FROM ACFT. ACFT SLID TO A HALT AFTER APPROX 100'. 10' TO RIGHT OF CENTER LINE ACFT SHOULD GO AROUND IF LNDG ISN'T WORKING OUT CORRECTLY!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.