A flight instructor reported observing his student; on a first solo flight; lose control of the airc...

Narrative:

A student was performing her first solo touch and goes in the pattern. The instuctor supervised multiple touch and goes with the student; then requested a full stop to exit the aircraft. Solo; the student performed her first two landings flawlessly. After her third and final landing; upon braking the aircraft to slow down; the aircraft began a left turn. The plane continued to decelerate and turn; eventually exiting the runway at minimal speed; and came to rest with the left main gear in a sand pit. The flight instructor contacted ground and received permission to proceed directly to the aircraft from his observational post. Reaching the aircraft; the instructor and student lifted and pushed the aircraft's left main gear out of the sand pit. The aircraft had no visible damage and all gear appeared to be intact and operational. The instructor received a clearance to taxi from present position out of the grass; onto the runway; then via taxiways back to home base. Post flight inspection revealed no damage; but the aircraft was still squawked for a requested maintenance inspection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Instructor reported observing his student; on a first solo flight; lose control of the aircraft on the runway at a slow speed; departing the hard surface into a sand pit.

Narrative: A student was performing her first solo touch and goes in the pattern. The instuctor supervised multiple touch and goes with the student; then requested a full stop to exit the aircraft. Solo; the student performed her first two landings flawlessly. After her third and final landing; upon braking the aircraft to slow down; the aircraft began a left turn. The plane continued to decelerate and turn; eventually exiting the runway at minimal speed; and came to rest with the left main gear in a sand pit. The Flight Instructor contacted Ground and received permission to proceed directly to the aircraft from his observational post. Reaching the aircraft; the Instructor and Student lifted and pushed the aircraft's left main gear out of the sand pit. The aircraft had no visible damage and all gear appeared to be intact and operational. The Instructor received a clearance to taxi from present position out of the grass; onto the runway; then via taxiways back to home base. Post flight inspection revealed no damage; but the aircraft was still squawked for a requested maintenance inspection.

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.

Attributes
ACN	971508
Time
Date	201109
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

A flight instructor reported observing his student; on a first solo flight; lose control of the aircraft on the runway at a slow speed; departing the hard surface into a sand pit.