# Incident 20250116001619I: Cessna 172R, Olathe, KS, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 19:50 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CMXS
- Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N461CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N461CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116001619I

## Narrative

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

COMMERCIAL STUDENT WAS ON A SOLO LESSON TO DO NIGHT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT A CONTROL TOWERED AIRPORT. ON THE 3RD TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT RAPIDLY ADDED POWER TO START THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SIDELOADING TO THE LEFT. RIGHT RUDDER WAS THEN ADDED TO COUNTERACT THE MOTION AND THE PILOT IMEDIATELY PULLED POWER TO IDLE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N461CM (2)

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

- [Incident 20240607010629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240607010629I), Jun 7, 2024: Cessna 172R (N461CM), Warrensburg, MO, Minor damage. Student pilot on first solo flight landing. Aircraft landed runway 19. After touchdown, aircraft bounced, lost directional control, and departed runway to the…
- [Accident 20200929016269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200929016269A), Sep 29, 2020: Cessna 172R (N461CM), Substantial damage. Pilot was completing solo work as part of his commercial pilot training program. While operating under night VFR, he began is takeoff roll from khig…

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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