STUDENT PLT ON FIRST SOLO XCOUNTRY FLT BECAME DISORIENTED; LANDED AT CLASS D ARPT WITHOUT COM AND TOOK OFF WITHOUT COM.

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THE DAY WAS CLR; THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TURB; 19-25 MPH WIND FROM APPROX 260 DEGS. HOW THE PROB AROSE: I PLANNED THE FLT ON THE GND. A CFI LOOKED THE FLT PLAN OVER AND SAID OK. HE SIGNED MY LOGBOOK TO GO ON THE XCOUNTRY FLT. I WAS FLYING ALONG; THE WIND WAS BAD. I DECIDED TO ADD MORE CRAB (SMALL COURSE CHANGE) TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND. I SHOULD HAVE TURNED AROUND AT THIS TIME BUT I DID NOT. AS THE FLT WENT ON; IN MY JUDGEMENT AT THIS TIME; I THOUGHT EVEN MORE CRAB WAS NEEDED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE HIGH WINDS (THE RIDE WAS VERY ROUGH). SHORTLY AFTER MY LAST COURSE CHANGE MY TIMES WERE OFF; NOTHING LOOKED RIGHT. I TRIED TO FIND WHERE I WAS ON THE CHART BUT TO NO AVAIL. AS I WAS FLYING I TRIED TO TUNE IN SOME VOR AND USED MY ADF; NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK CORRECTLY. I WAS THINKING I WAS IN ONE AREA WHEN I WAS 50 MI AWAY. I SAW AN ARPT BELOW; I TRIED TO LOCATE IT ON THE CHART WITH NO LUCK. I WAS LISTENING ON THE RADIO TO HELP ME IDENT THE ARPT THAT I WAS CIRCLING AT FROM 3800 TO 4000 FT MSL. BY THIS TIME I KNEW THAT I WAS IN TROUBLE AND COMPLETELY LOST. I DECIDED TO LAND; AND FOUND OUT I WAS AT MFD ARPT. I WAS SO RATTLED BY THIS TIME; I TRIED TO FIND HELP. I WENT UP TO ONE BUILDING WHICH WAS EMPTY AND CLOSED UP. I WALKED TO ANOTHER BUILDING BUT NO ONE WAS THERE. FINDING OUT WHERE I WAS BECAUSE OF THE NAME ON THE BUILDING; I WENT BACK TO THE PLANE AND LOOKED AT THE CHART; LOCATED MANSFIELD. I LOOKED UP THE TWR FREQ BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE (RADIO WAS NOT SET CORRECTLY) BEING VERY UPSET AND USING POOR JUDGEMENT AT THIS TIME. I DEPARTED; TAXIING TO THE RWY AND TAKING OFF. I BROKE A FAR BY NOT COMMUNICATING WHEN APCHING CLASS D AIRSPACE BUT I WAS IN TROUBLE AT THIS TIME AND ALL I HAD ON MY MIND WAS GETTING HOME. WHEN I COULD NOT LOCATE ANYONE; I BROKE ANOTHER FAR WHEN I DEPARTED WITHOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE TWR. IN CLOSING I CAN SAY THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.