# Incident 20090121002889I: Cessna 172S, Mobile, AL, January 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2009, 12:22 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6268° N, 88.0681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6268&lon=-88.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1092A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1092A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090121002889I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO.  UPON LANDING, ON RWY 32 AT BFM, AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  STUDENT APPLIED EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER FOR CORRECTION.  AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE EAST (RIGHT).  NOSEWHEEL FAIRING WAS DAMAGED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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