19990319002309A

Acft ran off the rwy after landing and sustained substantial damage. Other circumstances are unknown.(.19) on March 19, 1999, at 1535 hours pacific standard time, a Cessna 172M, N5242R, veered off runway 16L and collided with a metal ILS antennae while landing at the Reno-Tahoe international airport in Reno, Nevada. The aircraft was on the return leg of a solo cross-country flight that had departed the susanville municipal airport in susanville, California, under 14 CFR part 91. The aircraft, owned and operated by nevada-cal aero of Reno, Nevada, sustained substantial damage. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was filed. The departure time from susanville is unknown. A federal aviation administration inspector from the Reno flight standards district office was on scene when the accident occurred. In an oral statement to the inspector, the student pilot stated he encountered 10-knot winds from 150 degrees with slight gusts during his approach. He applied 10 degrees of flaps in a left wing down attitude. He then unexpectedly encountered a left-to-right crosswind which proceeded to "blow the aircraft off the runway." The left wing struck a metal ILS antennae, causing the wing strut to bend and pop rivets. The student pilot had received an endorsement for this solo cross-country originating at the Reno-Tahoe international airport, with a landing at the susanville municipal airport, and a final destination to return to the Reno-Tahoe international airport. He had approximately 70 hours logged, of which 50 hours were solo flight time. (.4)the student pilot had received an endorsement for this solo cross-country originating at Reno with a landing at the susanville municipal airport, and a return to the Reno airport. The student pilot stated he encountered 10-knot winds from 150 degrees with slight gusts during his approach. He applied 10 degrees of flaps and maintained a left wing down attitude. He then unexpectedly encountered a stronger left-to-right crosswind and he could not maintain runway alignment. The left wing struck a metal ILS antennae, causing the wing strut to bend and pop rivets. (-23)on 3/19/99, Cessna, N5242R was cleared to land on runway 16L. As the aircraft landed the pilot reported that he encountered some strong cross winds forcing the aircraft off of the runway into the infield area between 16L and 16R. The pilot continued in the infield area steering the aircraft around the ILS building and stopping south of the building. During the attempt to miss the ILS building the aircraft struck and knocked down two poles on the norht side of the ILS building. The aircraft suffered damage to the left assist step, left lift strut, left lift strut attach point in the fuselage resulting in sheared rivets in the structure, scratches in the cowling, and gouges in one propeller blade.