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FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Denver, CO · February 28, 2025

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Date
February 28, 2025 · 12:08 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Rocky Mountain Metro
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
WQ5S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N140PC
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
86 total86 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
N140PCRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17268241 · Built 1976Airframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On February 28, 2025, at 12:08 p.m. MST at the Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (bjc), a Cessna CE-172N, piloted by a student pilot, landed slightly right of centerline on runway 12R. Tire marks on the runway indicate the aircraft immediately began a skid left. The aircraft departed the runway 270’ after touchdown just north of the intersection of taxiway g and runway 12R. The aircraft struck an elevated runway light approximately 35 feet from entering the sod. The aircraft continued in the sod and at approximately 70 feet struck the taxiway g indicating sign. Upon striking the sign the aircraft became airborne and proceeded approximately 60 feet in the air before touching down in the sod and rolling to a stop approximately 620 feet later. The aircraft came to rest in the sod approximately 750 feet from departing runway 12R approximately 30 feet to the north of runway 12R. The event resulted in minor sheet metal damage to the lower portion of the aircraft and right main landing gear strut cowling.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2025, AT 12:08 P.M. MST AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT (BJC), A CESSNA CE-172N, PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT, LANDED SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF CENTERLINE ON RUNWAY 12R. TIRE MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A SKID LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY 270’ AFTER TOUCHDOWN JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY G AND RUNWAY 12R. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN ELEVATED RUNWAY LIGHT APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET FROM ENTERING THE SOD. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN THE SOD AND AT APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET STRUCK THE TAXIWAY G INDICATING SIGN. UPON STRIKING THE SIGN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET IN THE AIR BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN IN THE SOD AND ROLLING TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 620 FEET LATER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SOD APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET FROM DEPARTING RUNWAY 12R APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 12R. THE EVENT RESULTED IN MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT COWLING.