20241218018879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Kahului, HI · December 18, 2024

Date
December 18, 2024 · 08:54 local
Place
Kahului, HI
Airport
Kahului
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5055H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
826 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC was performing touch and go activities during flight instruction with student pilot. Noticed flap indicated in the down position and could not retract. Aborted takeoff. Upon post flight inspection, noticed blood spots on the flap and damaged right flap and track.

As the FAA filed it

PIC WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO ACTIVITIES DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH STUDENT PILOT. NOTICED FLAP INDICATED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND COULD NOT RETRACT. ABORTED TAKEOFF. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, NOTICED BLOOD SPOTS ON THE FLAP AND DAMAGED RIGHT FLAP AND TRACK.