# Incident 20050928021949I: Cessna 172N, Raleigh-Durham, NC, September 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2005, 19:23 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738YR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738YR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928021949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 5L AT APPROPRIATE AIRSPEED WITH WEATHER CLEAR AND WINDS AT 4 KNOTS AT 140 DEGREES (ATC SOURCE INFO). THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A GRASS MEDIAN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 77 YARDS. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY AND AGAIN ENTERED A GRASS MEDIAN AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN 17 YARDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 15 YARDS BEYOND THE DESTROYED TAXIWAY SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND OBSERVED THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT, THE NOSEWHEEL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT, THE NOSE STRUT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL WHEEL PANTS WERE DAMAGED. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE SIDEWALL CUT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A SHARP EDGE OF THE DAMAGED WHEEL PANT. SOME PROPELLER DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. A WITNESS REPORTED THE ENGINE CONTROLS WERE OBSERVED WITH THE CARB HEAT ON, THROTTLE AND MIXTURE FULL FORWARD (FULL POWER SETTING). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE ENGINE, BRAKES AND STEERING HAD BEENOPERATING NORMALLY.

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