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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Grand Forks, ND · August 20, 2011

Date
August 20, 2011 · 12:27 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Airport
Mark Andrews Int'L
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
OG5S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N576ND
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
55 total55 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot on first solo cross country touched down not aligned with runway. Aircraft was observed to go off right side of runway with right main tire only then veer back onto runway. Tower instructed pilot to exit at taxiway charlie two. There was no contact with runway lights or other objects. No damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TOUCHED DOWN NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO GO OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY WITH RIGHT MAIN TIRE ONLY THEN VEER BACK ONTO RUNWAY. TOWER INSTRUCTED PILOT TO EXIT AT TAXIWAY CHARLIE TWO. THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH RUNWAY LIGHTS OR OTHER OBJECTS. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.