From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight from hpn to msv. AWOS info indicated wind from 270 degrees @ 10 KTS. Pilot flew normal traffic pattern and landed. On touchdown he was not able to maintain directional control and drifted off runway. After crossing edge off runway he swerved away from runway to avoid runway distance remaining marker. Aircraft decelerated rapidly while rolling through 6" of snow and came to rest partially over runway embankment. Aircraft received minor damage and pilot was not injured. privacy data omitted This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM HPN TO MSV. AWOS INFO INDICATED WIND FROM 270 DEGREES @ 10 KTS. PILOT FLEW NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED. ON TOUCHDOWN HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY. AFTER CROSSING EDGE OFF RUNWAY HE SWERVED AWAY FROM RUNWAY TO AVOID RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING MARKER. AIRCRAFT DECELERATED RAPIDLY WHILE ROLLING THROUGH 6" OF SNOW AND CAME TO REST PARTIALLY OVER RUNWAY EMBANKMENT. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.
Other reports on N65645 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.