# Incident 20150119000409I: Cessna 172H, Bismarck, ND, January 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2015, 20:25 local time
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8083° N, 100.7837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bismarck, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8083&lon=-100.7837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8065L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8065L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150119000409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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