An instructor pilot reported watching his solo student pilot lose control of the PA28 after contacting the runway nose gear first. A runway excursion resulted.

Report 1 | Narrative: Student pilot completing his/her first solo. At 20' AGL; the student reduced power to idle; causing the nose to drop. The student could not pull the nose up. The student landed on the nose wheel and; upon trying to recover; lost control allowing the aircraft to go off the runway.

Report 1 | Synopsis: An instructor pilot reported watching his solo student pilot lose control of the PA28 after contacting the runway nose gear first. A runway excursion resulted.