Plane crashes at Florida; Indian student pilot OK

A young student pilot crashed at the Crystal River Airport shortly after noon today while attempting a touch-and-go landing.
The female pilot, Nirali Bhati, 18, of India is an aviation student with the Orlando Flight Training school in Kissimmee.
She left Orlando this morning on a training flight, which took her first to Ocala. She did a touch-and-go there with no difficulties in her Cessna 152 single-engine plane. Her next stop was Crystal River, where she was to perform another touch-and-go.
She came down hard, losing control of the plane. It slid off the tarmac into a grassy area, which caused the nose wheel to collapse. The propeller then struck the ground, swinging the plane around and causing the tip of the left wing to strike the tarmac. The plane came to rest with its nose down.
The young pilot blacked out during the incident itself, but suffered no injuries.
Damage to the plane is estimated at $15,000, and the Federal Aviation Administration was notified, and will investigate the incident further at a later date.
05/03/09 Robby Douglas/Citrus Daily, USA