# Incident 20150811013739I: Cessna 172N, Eden Prairie, MN, August 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2015, 08:04 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8547° N, 93.4708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eden Prairie, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8547&lon=-93.4708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6301D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6301D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150811013739I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT.  ON THE FIRST LANDING, THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN AND REALIZED HE WAS AIMING TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO GO OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY REGARDLESS OF ABORTING OR EXECUTING A GO-AROUND.  HE ELECTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN A CLEARING NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  HE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT THREE FRANGIBLE TAXI LIGHTS.  ONE HIT THE ENGINE EXHAUST AND DID NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  A SECOND HIT THE RIGHT SIDE COWL AND LEFT A SMALL DENT.  THE THIRD HIT THE LEFT SIDE COWL AND ALSO LEFT A SMALL DENT.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N6301D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950526018869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950526018869I), May 26, 1995: Cessna 172N (N6301D), Lehigh Acres, FL. Lost power en route. Landed on state route 82.

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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