# Accident 20250827011429A: Cessna 172R, Ardmore, OK, August 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2025, 21:30 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Airport: Ardmore Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OSUS
- Location: 34.3035° N, 97.0161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3035&lon=-97.0161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5181A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5181A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 179 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827011429A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 27, 2025 AT 21:26 CDT, A CESSNA 172 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DURING LANDING AT ARDMORE AIRPORT (KADM).  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SOLO NIGHT LANDINGS TO A STOP AND GO.  THEY NOTED THAT THEY WERE TOO HIGH ON THE FIRST LANDING AND INITIATED A GO AROUND.  THE SECOND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE THIRD LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND PORPOISED THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO A STOP.  THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP FOR INSPECTION AND NOTED DAMAGE ON THE PROPELLOR TIPS, LOWER ENGINE COWL AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN25LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA350), Aug 28, 2025: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Ardmore, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## Other reports on N5181A (2)

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

- [Incident 20210418002989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210418002989I), Apr 18, 2021: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Durant, OK, Minor damage. The student was on a solo flight. He was high and fast on final. When he landed the aircraft he lost control going off of the runway and hitting an airport…
- [Accident 20071026023029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071026023029A), Oct 26, 2007: Cessna 172R (N5181A), Stillwater, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot and sole occupant of the airplane, [privacy data omitted] stated that he was attempting to land at the Stillwater Regional Airport, but he was…

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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