Oma local controller reports of a student pilot landing and then exiting the runway prior to an inte...

Narrative:

Oma; eppley airfield is in the middle of a long duration construction project and at the time of the event the only available runway was 14R-32L. Aircraft X had just departed oma VFR on the student pilot's first solo for VFR pattern work at oma. As the pilot attempted his first touch-and-go on runway 14R; the aircraft touched down and immediately veered hard to the left into the grass adjacent to taxiway K. (The pilot later told the airport operations supervisor that he had mistakenly applied full left rudder as the nose wheel touched down causing the nose gear to be turned hard left.) as the pilot attempted to regain control of the aircraft he continued to taxi through the grass and then back onto the runway and struck a runway edge light in the process. As the aircraft rejoined the runway I inquired as to his intentions and the pilot declared that he needed to taxi to the FBO where his instructor was waiting and that he was having a hard time controlling the aircraft. I instructed the pilot to maneuver at pilot's discretion as the pilot again veered off runway 14R; and I pointed out to the pilot the closed and barricaded construction areas; runways; and taxiways ahead (due to a long term construction project). The route that the pilot chose: crossed a closed portion of taxiway F; crossed a closed portion of runway 18-36; then joined a closed portion of taxiway south; and then crossed runway 14L on taxiway M on his way to the general aviation ramp. At that point I instructed the pilot to monitor ground point niner.I felt that the best solution to the situation was to try to calm the pilot and allow him to continue at pilot's discretion in order to clear the runway so that operations could resume after a FOD inspection since 14R-32L was the only available runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OMA Local Controller reports of a student pilot landing and then exiting the runway prior to an intersection; because the pilot used too much left rudder. The Controller then let the aircraft taxi to the FBO at his own discretion.

Narrative: OMA; Eppley Airfield is in the middle of a long duration construction project and at the time of the event the only available runway was 14R-32L. Aircraft X had just departed OMA VFR on the student pilot's first solo for VFR pattern work at OMA. As the pilot attempted his first touch-and-go on Runway 14R; the aircraft touched down and immediately veered hard to the left into the grass adjacent to Taxiway K. (The pilot later told the airport Operations Supervisor that he had mistakenly applied full left rudder as the nose wheel touched down causing the nose gear to be turned hard left.) As the pilot attempted to regain control of the aircraft he continued to taxi through the grass and then back onto the runway and struck a runway edge light in the process. As the aircraft rejoined the runway I inquired as to his intentions and the pilot declared that he needed to taxi to the FBO where his instructor was waiting and that he was having a hard time controlling the aircraft. I instructed the pilot to maneuver at pilot's discretion as the pilot again veered off Runway 14R; and I pointed out to the pilot the closed and barricaded construction areas; runways; and taxiways ahead (due to a long term construction project). The route that the pilot chose: crossed a closed portion of Taxiway F; crossed a closed portion of Runway 18-36; then joined a closed portion of Taxiway S; and then crossed Runway 14L on taxiway M on his way to the general aviation ramp. At that point I instructed the pilot to monitor Ground point niner.I felt that the best solution to the situation was to try to calm the pilot and allow him to continue at pilot's discretion in order to clear the runway so that operations could resume after a FOD inspection since 14R-32L was the only available runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1195911
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	OMA.Airport
State Reference	NE
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.5
Person 2
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26.8 Flight Crew Total 26.8 Flight Crew Type 26.8
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Oma local controller reports of a student pilot landing and then exiting the runway prior to an intersection; because the pilot used too much left rudder. The controller then let the aircraft taxi to the FBO at his own discretion.