# Incident 20110820018629I: Cessna 172S, Grand Forks, ND, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 12:27 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Mark Andrews Int'L
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N576ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N576ND) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820018629I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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