Factual Information
On 18 December 2020, a Cessna 172 aircraft, registered PK-TGW, was operated by Global Aviation Flying School on a circuit local flight training at Budiarto Airport (WIRR), Curug, Tangerang. The aircraft carried one instructor and one student pilot. The flight was planned as a first solo check flight. The aircraft was not equipped with a flight recorder, and radio communications were not recorded.
Sequence of Events
About 0030 UTC (0730 local time), the student pilot attended a morning briefing with the instructor prior to the first solo check at the flight operation office. About 0800 local time, the student pilot and instructor performed a check flight for the first solo, conducting four touch and go exercises. After completion, the instructor released the student pilot for the first solo flight, instructing them to conduct only one circuit.
About 0920 local time, the student pilot requested start-up clearance from Budiarto Ground Controller for the first solo circuit flight. After engine start, the student pilot requested taxi clearance. About 0933 local time, PK-TGW took off from Runway 30. At 0939 local time, the Budiarto Tower Controller issued a clearance for touch and go. PK-TGW conducted the touch and go. At 0943 local time, the student pilot reported being on downwind, and at 0946 local time, reported being on final. The tower controller issued landing clearance and informed that wind was calm.
The student pilot felt the approach was normal. After touchdown, the aircraft tended to turn left and became hard to control to maintain the runway centerline. The aircraft continued moving left and stopped on a ditch on the left side of Runway 30, approximately 80 meters from the runway centerline and 435 meters from the beginning of the runway. No one was injured.
Aircraft Damage
The aircraft sustained minor damage: the propeller tips were scratched, and the transponder antenna on the lower body was broken.
Pilot Information
The student pilot was 20 years old, joined the flying school on 15 September 2020, and held a valid Student Pilot License with a second-class medical certificate valid until September 2021. The student pilot had accumulated 17.50 hours on the Cessna 172 aircraft.