ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284198
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 October 2007 |
| Time: | 11:06 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | University Of North Dakota |
| Registration: | N437ND |
| MSN: | 2842214 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3191 hours |
| Engine model: | Textron Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Forks, North Dakota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK/KGFK) |
| Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK/KGFK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot, on his first solo flight, reported that the tower controller requested the pilot turn on exit A2. The pilot reported that while he tried to comply with tower's request, the airplane was still at 20-30 knots airspeed when he attempted the turn. The aircraft went off the runway into the grass and impacted the runway hold short sign with the left wing. There were no injuries. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Probable Cause: The lack of experience and the excessive taxi speed by the pilot. A contributing factors was the airport sign.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI08CA002
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| 30-Sep-2022 12:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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