20250125002349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Kapolei, HI · January 25, 2025

Date
January 25, 2025 · 11:40 local
Place
Kapolei, HI
Airport
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N269ME
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
71 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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.

On January 25, 2025 about 1140 Hawaii time, a Cessna 172S was involved in an incident, without substantial damage and without injuries, at Kalaeloa airport (jrf) due to a hard landing.

Solo student pilot attempted 2 practice landings at runway 4L, which resulted in go arounds. The third landing attempt resulted in a bounce into a hard landing and the nose wheel assembly separated from the airplane. The airplane skidded and stopped at the departure end of runway 4L.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 25, 2025 ABOUT 1140 HAWAII TIME, A CESSNA 172S WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT, WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WITHOUT INJURIES, AT KALAELOA AIRPORT (JRF) DUE TO A HARD LANDING.

SOLO STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED 2 PRACTICE LANDINGS AT RUNWAY 4L, WHICH RESULTED IN GO AROUNDS. THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A BOUNCE INTO A HARD LANDING AND THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED AND STOPPED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 4L.