- Date
- September 18, 2026, 15:07 local (Sep 19, 2026, 01:07 UTC)
- Place
- Ho'olehua, HI · On Airport PNMK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N429ESCessna 172R
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260918013379A
- Case key
- 203939
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N429ES
- Reported as
- Cessna 172R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280296
- Built
- 1997
- Airframe hours
- 11,261.1
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Barbers Point Flight School LLC
- Registered owner
- Barbers Point Flight School LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 4, 2026 · 41.4 hours before
- Departed
- PHJR · Kalaeloa, HI
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- PHMK · Molokai, runway 05, 4,494 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- PHMK
- METAR
- METAR PHMK 190054Z 06015G27KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 05028/0043 SLP143 T02890211=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N429ES · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.