Primary finding
Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare.
Investigator assessment
Analysis narrative
The student pilot was attempting his first solo touch and go landing. The airplane landed hard, bounced, exited the left side of the runway, and struck visual approach slope indicator lights. The pilot claims no preaccident mechanical difficulties with the airplane.
Source record
Factual narrative
On June 15, 1993, about 0930 central daylight time, a Beechcraft B19 airplane, N24674, sustained substantial damage while landing at Janesville Airport, Janesville, Wisconsin. The solo student pilot was not injured. The local instructional flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 without flight plan in visual meteorological conditions. The student pilot was attempting his first solo touch and go landing on runway 31. The airplane landed hard, bounced, exited the left side of the runway and struck visual approach slope indicator lights. The student pilot claimed no preaccident mechanical difficulties with the airplane. -