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FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Bismarck, ND · January 19, 2015

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Date
January 19, 2015 · 20:25 local
Place
Bismarck, ND
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8065L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
64 total64 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
N8065LRegistered now · Cessna 172HS/N 17256265Airframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The student pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight which originated at his home airport of mobridge, SD. The student pilot reviewed his cross country plan and weather forecasts immediately prior to his departure with the CFI who endorsed him for this specific flight. The student pilot flew to ellendale, ND for his first leg. He took a short break in ellendale, and upon trying to restart the aircraft, had trouble which caused him approximately a 45 minute delay. The student pilot then continued on to Bismarck, ND (kbis), where he landed and refueled at the FBO. The student pilot did not recheck weather prior to departing Bismarck for his return flight to mobridge. The student pilot departed runway 31 for right traffic at Bismarck with the intention of conducting 3 takeoff and landings at Bismarck before continuing to mobridge. On the first landing attempt, the student pilot stated that he touched down on the main gear first, then experienced a gust of wind, became airborne again, then touched nose wheel first, striking the propeller on the runway. The student pilot then stated he experienced trouble maintaining directional control and subsequently departed the runway surface on the right side of the runway into the grass where the aircraft came to rest. The winds reported at Bismarck approximately 30 minutes prior to the incident were 290 degrees at 14 knots with gusts of 26 knots.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT HIS HOME AIRPORT OF MOBRIDGE, SD. THE STUDENT PILOT REVIEWED HIS CROSS COUNTRY PLAN AND WEATHER FORECASTS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE WITH THE CFI WHO ENDORSED HIM FOR THIS SPECIFIC FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW TO ELLENDALE, ND FOR HIS FIRST LEG. HE TOOK A SHORT BREAK IN ELLENDALE, AND UPON TRYING TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT, HAD TROUBLE WHICH CAUSED HIM APPROXIMATELY A 45 MINUTE DELAY. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN CONTINUED ON TO BISMARCK, ND (KBIS), WHERE HE LANDED AND REFUELED AT THE FBO. THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT RECHECK WEATHER PRIOR TO DEPARTING BISMARCK FOR HIS RETURN FLIGHT TO MOBRIDGE. THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 31 FOR RIGHT TRAFFIC AT BISMARCK WITH THE INTENTION OF CONDUCTING 3 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT BISMARCK BEFORE CONTINUING TO MOBRIDGE. ON THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR FIRST, THEN EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, THEN TOUCHED NOSE WHEEL FIRST, STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN STATED HE EXPERIENCED TROUBLE MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE WINDS REPORTED AT BISMARCK APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WERE 290 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF 26 KNOTS.