# Accident 20200317005219A: Cessna 172N, Kahului, HI, March 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2020, 09:45 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8897° N, 156.4358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8897&lon=-156.4358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738DB-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 65 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200317005219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

03/17/20 0945 HST THE HNL FSDO WAS NOTIFIED BY ROC THAT THERE WAS A CESSNA TYPE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT KAHULUI AIRPORT WHILE CONDUCTING A SOLO FLIGHT.  ROC ADVISED THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 HST.  THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORT BY PHOG AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.   A CESSNA 172 LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 AT PHOG MADE A HARD LANDING ON ITS NOSE WHEEL AND EXITED RUNWAY 2 INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY BETWEEN RUNWAY 2 AND THE GA TRANSIENT RAMP.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AFTER IT FLIPPED OVER, SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WINGS, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT.  PILOT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC20CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA034), Mar 17, 2020: Cessna 172 (N738DB), Kahului, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to avoid wake turbulence while landing behind a heavy jet airplane, which resulted in a loss of roll control and subsequent hard landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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