# Incident 20091019052469I: Piper PA-28-161, Grand Forks, ND, October 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2009, 15:38 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091019052469I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 120 FT. WEST OF THE LANDING RUNWAY AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS RE-EVALUATED AND RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT AT UND.  STUDENT ELECTED TO DISCONTINUE FLIGHT TRAINING.

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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