What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On January 28, 2025, at approximately 22:02 eastern standard time, a Cessna C-172 sustained substantial damage after landing short of runway 27 at Cobb county international airport-Mccollum field (ryy). The 2 occupants of the airplane, a commercially rated flight instructor and a student pilot, were uninjured. The flight was a dual training flight conducted as part of an approved FAR-141 syllabus. The student pilot was practicing night landings on runway 27 at ryy. After approximately 3 landings, the CFI elected to practice a simulated engine failure in the traffic pattern. The approach during this landing caused the main landing gear to touchdown approximately 12 feet short of the threshold for runway 27, striking the edge of the concrete base of the threshold light system, destroying one of the threshold lights. The concrete base of the threshold light system and the edge of runway 27 at ryy are approximately 3-4 inches higher than the surrounding soil. The momentum of the airplane combined with main gear striking the concrete base of the threshold light system caused a downward force on the nose wheel as the nose wheel struck the edge of the runway. The nosewheel impact with the edge of the runway caused substantial damage to the airplane including: bent firewall, bent nose gear rim halves, collapsed nose gear, evidence of possible structural damage near the main gear. The airplane continued down the runway, coming to rest just short of the 1000 foot marks, on the left side of runway 27.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 28, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 22:02 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA C-172 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 27 AT COBB COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-MCCOLLUM FIELD (RYY). THE 2 OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE, A COMMERCIALLY RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT, WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS A DUAL TRAINING FLIGHT CONDUCTED AS PART OF AN APPROVED FAR-141 SYLLABUS. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING NIGHT LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27 AT RYY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 LANDINGS, THE CFI ELECTED TO PRACTICE A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE APPROACH DURING THIS LANDING CAUSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO TOUCHDOWN APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD FOR RUNWAY 27, STRIKING THE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE THRESHOLD LIGHT SYSTEM, DESTROYING ONE OF THE THRESHOLD LIGHTS. THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE THRESHOLD LIGHT SYSTEM AND THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 27 AT RYY ARE APPROXIMATELY 3-4 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE SURROUNDING SOIL. THE MOMENTUM OF THE AIRPLANE COMBINED WITH MAIN GEAR STRIKING THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE THRESHOLD LIGHT SYSTEM CAUSED A DOWNWARD FORCE ON THE NOSE WHEEL AS THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEWHEEL IMPACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE INCLUDING: BENT FIREWALL, BENT NOSE GEAR RIM HALVES, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR, EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR THE MAIN GEAR. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST JUST SHORT OF THE 1000 FOOT MARKS, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.