# Accident 20231223022269A: Cessna 172P, Kahalui, HI, December 23, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2023, 09:59 local time
- Place: Kahalui, HI
- Airport: Kahului
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8937° N, 156.4555° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8937&lon=-156.4555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53725, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53725) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,630 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231223022269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT KAHULUI AIRPORT. DURING SIXTH APPROACH, AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AND 1 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN SAND IN THE KANAHA POND STATE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.  DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS STILL UNDERWAY. INITIAL DAMAGE APPEARS LIMITED TO NOSE LANDING GEAR, TOP OF VERTICAL STAB, AND RUDDER. FURTHER INSPECTION IDENTIFIED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS TRANSFERRED DOWN THROUGH THE STAB INTO THE TAIL FUSELAGE CAUSING CRUMPLING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TAIL RAISING THIS TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC24LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA011), Dec 23, 2023: Cessna 172P (N53725), Kahului, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice, which resulted in the inability to maintain altitude in the traffic pattern. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s delayed…

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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