# Incident 20220403004519I: Cessna 172N, Kahului, HI, April 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2022, 13:10 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738FA) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220403004519I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL  3, 2022 AT KAHULUI AIRPORT (PHOG), KAHULUI, HI, THE PIC OF N738FA ATTEMPTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL) FACILITIES AFTER COMPLETING A STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHKO) AND UPOLU AIRPORT (PHUP). N738FA LANDED ON RUNWAY 05 AT PHOG EXITED RIGHT ON TAXIWAY B, LEFT TURN AT TAXIWAY F AND WAS ALMOST FULLY STOPPED TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 02 WHEN N738FA WAS INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 02. AT APPROXIMATELY 2310Z THE PIC STARTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 02 WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. N738FA WAS OBSERVED BY AN ATC TOWER CONTROLLER BEING LIFTED AND SPUN APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP POINTED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS RUNWAY 02. THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE PIC REPORTED A PROPELLER STRIKE TO THE TOWER AND REQUESTED A TOW. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY. THE METAR AT PHOG AT 2254Z REPORTED WINDS AT ?06022G38KT?, ?PK WND 05040/2237?. THE METAR AT PHOG AT 2354Z REPORTED WINDS AT ?06027G36KT?, ?PK WND 06038/2340?.

## Other reports on N738FA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20260211002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260211002539I), Feb 11, 2026: Cessna 172N (N738FA), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. Student pilot and CFI taxiied aircraft to runway 5 at ogg awaiting clearance for take off. Aircraft idled and waited approx ten minutes with a 30KNOT…
- [Accident 19990926047239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926047239A), Sep 26, 1999: Cessna 172N (N738FA), Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot said that 'he encountered engine failure' at 3,000 feet mean sea level. The pilot performed a forced landing to a street in a residential area,…
- [Accident 19840514016999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840514016999A), May 14, 1984: Cessna 172N (N738FA), Kindred, ND, Substantial damage. Lost control on a gust of wind during touchdown. Ran off the runway and overturned.

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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