# Accident 20250223001019A: Cessna 172S, Pomona, CA, February 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2025, 15:20 local time
- Place: Pomona, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0900° N, 117.7800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0900&lon=-117.7800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137RJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 479 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223001019A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WITH CFI AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KPOC AT 14:15L ON 02/23/2025 FOR THE LOCAL PRACTICE AREA TO PRACTICE PRIVATE PILOT MANEUVERS. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KPOC AND PERFORMED TWO NON-EVENTFUL FULL STOP/TAXI BACK LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM ATC FOR A SHORT DELAY ON 26L TO PERFORM A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF MANEUVER. THE STUDENT, ON INSTRUCTION FROM THE CFI HELD THE BRAKES AND APPLIED FULL POWER, RELEASING ONCE FULL POWER WAS DETERMINED. THE CFI NOTED THAT THE LEFT WHEEL BEGAN ROTATING, BUT THE RIGHT EXPERIENCED A DELAY OF MOVEMENT, BEFORE A SECOND LATER BREAKING OFF AND COLLAPSING. THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, CAUSING IT TO CRUMPLE.

THE STUDENT AND CFI SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE ABLE TO EXIT.

## 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 WPR25LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA102), Feb 23, 2025: Cessna 172S (N137RJ), La Verne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear tubular spring due to a fatigue crack that originated at the airframe connecting bolt hole and progressed to an overstress fracture.

## Other reports on N137RJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070625009419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070625009419A), Jun 25, 2007: Cessna 172S (N137RJ), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot ballooned during his landing flare. Pilot added full power to go around, but aircraft stalled and the aircraft struck the runway nose first with…

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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