# Incident 20211119019679I: Cessna 172K, Bemidji, MN, November 19, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2021, 12:35 local time
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Airport: Bemidji Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5107° N, 94.9347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEMIDJI RGNL (BJI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5107&lon=-94.9347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7143G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7143G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211119019679I

## Narrative

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

DURING HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS WHEN HE CHECKED THE WEATHER AND REALIZED THAT THE WINDS HAD CHANGED AND WERE EXPECTED TO GET WORSE.  HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME AIRPORT AND LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THE WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT MAIN TIRE HIT THE SNOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY HITTING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LOWER COWLING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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