Student pilot on first solo lost control of aircraft and veered off runway.

Attributes
ACN	838677
Time
Date	200906
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	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Trainee
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 39.6 Flight Crew Total 39.6 Flight Crew Type 37.6
Person 2
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 7270 Flight Crew Type 80
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

This student pilot was on first supervised solo. I had made two good; full stop landings and was making my third landing. I touched down smoothly in the normal fashion; and as the nose wheel came down and contacted the runway; the plane darted to the right. The left wing tipped up when it left the runway; and traversed a slight dip from the runway to the paved safety area. The wooden prop nicked the pavement in the dip and damaged the two tips. There is little clearance between the rudder and the firewall; which could have caused the inability to steer the nose; especially with someone who has large feet; as are mine. Corrective action would be to make sure that feet are lower on the rudder bars; however; I have never had a problem steering the aircraft before; but will be more aware of the placement of my feet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Student pilot on first solo lost control of aircraft and veered off runway.

Narrative: This student pilot was on first supervised solo. I had made two good; full stop landings and was making my third landing. I touched down smoothly in the normal fashion; and as the nose wheel came down and contacted the runway; the plane darted to the right. The left wing tipped up when it left the runway; and traversed a slight dip from the runway to the paved safety area. The wooden prop nicked the pavement in the dip and damaged the two tips. There is little clearance between the rudder and the firewall; which could have caused the inability to steer the nose; especially with someone who has large feet; as are mine. Corrective action would be to make sure that feet are lower on the rudder bars; however; I have never had a problem steering the aircraft before; but will be more aware of the placement of my feet.

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.