What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Student pilot is flying his first solo flight. On landing the aircraft departs the left side of the runway and impacts a taxiway sign. Skid mark from the right main tire appears to start on the center line of the runway. It is oriented with a left drift of 2-3 degrees it then curves to the left achieving about 45 degrees to the runway before becoming darker and curving to the right as it departs the runway. In the grass the tracks continue to curve to the right achieving alignment parallel to the runway before tracking over the sign pad and ending on the taxiway orient about 20 degrees to the right of runway alignment. The sign is destroyed. The aircraft has damaged propeller, broken nose wheel mount, bent firewall, several skin punchers on the belly and two flat spotted tires.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) STUDENT PILOT IS FLYING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTS A TAXIWAY SIGN. SKID MARK FROM THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE APPEARS TO START ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. IT IS ORIENTED WITH A LEFT DRIFT OF 2-3 DEGREES IT THEN CURVES TO THE LEFT ACHIEVING ABOUT 45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY BEFORE BECOMING DARKER AND CURVING TO THE RIGHT AS IT DEPARTS THE RUNWAY. IN THE GRASS THE TRACKS CONTINUE TO CURVE TO THE RIGHT ACHIEVING ALIGNMENT PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY BEFORE TRACKING OVER THE SIGN PAD AND ENDING ON THE TAXIWAY ORIENT ABOUT 20 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. THE SIGN IS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS DAMAGED PROPELLER, BROKEN NOSE WHEEL MOUNT, BENT FIREWALL, SEVERAL SKIN PUNCHERS ON THE BELLY AND TWO FLAT SPOTTED TIRES.
NTSB investigation
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