# Accident 20151120021049A: Cessna 172M, Rush City, MN, November 20, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: Rush City, MN
- Airport: Rush City Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6981° N, 92.9517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6981&lon=-92.9517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1180U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1180U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 23 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151120021049A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ON 9TH LANDING, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY SHORTLY AFTER LANDING.  AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO SOFT GROUND AND TIPPED ONTO NOSE AND LEFT WING AND THEN SETTLED BACK TO UPRIGHT POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA070), Nov 20, 2015: Cessna 172 (N1180U), Rush City, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane and applied excessive right rudder during landing.

## Other reports on N1180U (2)

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

- [Incident 20051022030839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051022030839I), Oct 22, 2005: Cessna 172M (N1180U), Harris, MN. (-23) During cruise the pilot noticed a burning smell and then a loss of rpm's and the oil pressure gauge went to zero. He then made an emergency landing near…
- [Incident 19900313011519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900313011519I), Mar 13, 1990: Cessna 172M (N1180U), Wilmington, DE. Left gear strut separated on landing roll. Aircraft veered off runway. Bolt had sheared.

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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