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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Ft. Myers, FL · March 30, 2019

Date
March 30, 2019 · 18:36 local
Place
Ft. Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N15222
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

During touch and go during first solo flight, student pilot mismanaged controls by not having his feet on the rudder pedals during acceleration causing a runway excursion. The aircraft veered off the left hand side of the runway through the grass, across a taxiway and came to rest in the grass next to the taxiway. After communication with ATC the student taxied the aircraft onto an adjacent taxiway and then to the ramp. Aircraft was inspected for damage, none found. A maintenance record entry was made to document inspection.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TOUCH AND GO DURING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, STUDENT PILOT MISMANAGED CONTROLS BY NOT HAVING HIS FEET ON THE RUDDER PEDALS DURING ACCELERATION CAUSING A RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE GRASS, ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. AFTER COMMUNICATION WITH ATC THE STUDENT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO AN ADJACENT TAXIWAY AND THEN TO THE RAMP. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, NONE FOUND. A MAINTENANCE RECORD ENTRY WAS MADE TO DOCUMENT INSPECTION.