# Incident 20250228001519I: Cessna 172N, Denver, CO, February 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2025, 12:08 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WQ5S
- Location: 39.9088° N, 105.1172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO (BJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9088&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 86 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228001519I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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