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A PA28 instructor reported that his solo student caught a gust of wind during landing and exited the runway onto a grass area. No injury or damage resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 926559 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
Based on details from my student on what happened; I believe that the student had made a normal approach for a touch-and-go and upon reaching ground effect; a sudden wing gust had caused the student to land inadvertently and exit the runway into the grass. The student had expressed the winds were calm and no signs of gusty conditions existed. There was no damage to the aircraft or the student. To prevent this from happening again; the student should be more able to recognize this condition and execute a proper go-around procedure to climb away from the runway and attempt another landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28 instructor reported that his solo student caught a gust of wind during landing and exited the runway onto a grass area. No injury or damage resulted.
Narrative: Based on details from my student on what happened; I believe that the student had made a normal approach for a touch-and-go and upon reaching ground effect; a sudden wing gust had caused the student to land inadvertently and exit the runway into the grass. The student had expressed the winds were calm and no signs of gusty conditions existed. There was no damage to the aircraft or the student. To prevent this from happening again; the student should be more able to recognize this condition and execute a proper go-around procedure to climb away from the runway and attempt another landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.