# Accident 20250128009569A: Cessna 172S, Kennesaw, GA, January 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2025, 22:02 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Airport: Cobb County International/Mccollum Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 34.0135° N, 84.5881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0135&lon=-84.5881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1159K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1159K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,405 total, 1,489 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250128009569A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA118), Jan 29, 2025: Cessna 172 (N1159K), Kennesaw, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate glide path and the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the landing approach, which resulted in the airplane contacting the ground short…

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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