# Accident 20250220003249A: Cessna 172M, Kapolei, HI, February 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2025, 11:10 local time
- Place: Kapolei, HI
- Airport: Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3103° N, 158.0713° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3103&lon=-158.0713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19867, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19867) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 360 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250220003249A

## Narrative

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

ON FEB 20, 2025 ABOUT 1110 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172M, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED WITH AN ACCIDENT AT THE KALAELOA AIRFIELD (JRF) DUE TO WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A C17.

STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED 6 TOUCH AND GOES, THEN CFI TOOK CONTROLS TO DEMONSTRATE A POWER OFF 180. CFI WAS APPROVED FOR SHORT APPROACH ON RUNWAY 4L AND WAS ADVISED OF A C17 DEPARTING RUNWAY 4R. CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED FOR CFI TO REPORT C17 ON SIGHT AND CAUTION WAKE. CFI REPORTS C17 IN SIGHT AND PROCEEDED TO PULL POWER TO IDLE AS HE GLIDED TO 4L. SIMULTANEOUSLY, C17 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND CFI SPOTTED IT BEGINNING TO ROLL. AS THE CFI TOUCH DOWN, C17 HAD BEGAN ITS CLIMB. SHORTLY AFTER CFI BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AND AS HE STARTED TO ROTATE, C17 APPEARED TO BEGIN IT'S TURN OUTBOUND. CFI CLIMB INITIALLY WENT WELL UNTIL 100' AGL WHERE WAKE WAS ENCOUNTERED CAUSING A STEEP BANK LEFT. CFI COUNTERED THE ROLL AND DIVE AND WAS ABLE TO LEVEL WINGS BEFORE BOUNCING OFF THE BRAVO TAXIWAY WITH ALL 3 WHEELS HITTING NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER AS THE PILOT'S BAG EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. CFI HEADSET CAME OFF HIS HEAD SO THE STUDENT PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED AIRCRAFT DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD, BENT MLG LH, CRACKED FAIRINGS ON BOTH MLG, RIGHT WING ROOF RIPPLE, AND WARPED FIREWALL.

MINOR INJURIES TO BOTH CFI AND STUDENT PILOT, CUTS ON ARM, ELBOW, AND THIGH.

## 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 ANC25LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA020), Feb 20, 2025: Cessna 172M (N19867), Kapolei, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to avoid wake turbulence from a heavy airplane departing from a parallel runway, which resulted in a loss of airplane control during initial climb after a touch-and-go…

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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