A student pilot avoided injury in May after a procedural error resulted in a hard landing and damage to the airplane she was operating, according to a report filed last month by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The incident occurred May 3 on a runway at Molokai Airport in Ho’olehua.

According to the report, the pilot, 27-year-old Corey Wollard of Wahiawa, was practicing touch-and-go landings with a 1982 Cessna 172 when she bounced the aircraft on an attempted landing and attempted a “go-around,” regaining altitude for another attempt.

Wollard reported that as she did this, she “mistakenly put my flaps up all at one,” causing the plane to land hard on the asphalt runway.

After stabilizing the aircraft, Wollard again initiated takeoff, only to notice that the airplane’s controls were not responding normally.

“It felt like when you lose your power control steering in your car,” Wollard wrote in a statement to the board. “I was able to move the yoke forward and pull back on it only a little bit. Also, I had to apply a lot of force to do so.”

Wollard informed the control tower and was able to make an emergency landing on the runway.

According to the NTSB report, the aircraft, owned by Honolulu-based Lani Lea Sky Tours LLC, sustained substantial damage to its elevator control column.

Wollard was not injured. No one else was aboard the flight.

The factual report was filed Sept. 22. Such reports do not include a determination of probable cause.