What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
According to the ATC report, this aircraft was cleared to land runway 36R, and the aircraft excursed the left side of the runway on the last part of the landing rollout. METAR dto 141753Z 29007KT 10SM clr 19/06 A3017, indicating a light left crosswind 7 minutes before the incident. The tower security cameras captured the windsock at aproximately this same direction and velocity (50% extension) as the aircraft landed normally, decelerated, nearly completed its landing roll, then abruptly turned left into the dirt beyond the left edge of the pavement, stood up on its nose and right wing tip in the soft dirt, then settled back down on its landing gear. There were no injuries to the solo student pilot. Damage assesment revealed the left wingtip's leading edge skin was dented, the right main gear leg's sheetmetal fairing was deformed, the prop was bent, and the engine had suffered a propeller strike / sudden stoppage event. The pilot school's sms reports align with the above narrative.
As the FAA filed it
ACCORDING TO THE ATC REPORT, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 36R, AND THE AIRCRAFT EXCURSED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE LAST PART OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT. METAR DTO 141753Z 29007KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3017, INDICATING A LIGHT LEFT CROSSWIND 7 MINUTES BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE TOWER SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED THE WINDSOCK AT APROXIMATELY THIS SAME DIRECTION AND VELOCITY (50% EXTENSION) AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY, DECELERATED, NEARLY COMPLETED ITS LANDING ROLL, THEN ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT INTO THE DIRT BEYOND THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT, STOOD UP ON ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WING TIP IN THE SOFT DIRT, THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN ON ITS LANDING GEAR.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT. DAMAGE ASSESMENT REVEALED THE LEFT WINGTIP'S LEADING EDGE SKIN WAS DENTED, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG'S SHEETMETAL FAIRING WAS DEFORMED, THE PROP WAS BENT, AND THE ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A PROPELLER STRIKE / SUDDEN STOPPAGE EVENT. THE PILOT SCHOOL'S SMS REPORTS ALIGN WITH THE ABOVE NARRATIVE.
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