# Incident 20250125002349I: Cessna 172S, Kapolei, HI, January 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2025, 11:40 local time
- Place: Kapolei, HI
- Airport: Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3071° N, 158.0704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KALAELOA (JOHN RODGERS FLD) (JRF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3071&lon=-158.0704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250125002349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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