ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234126
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| Date: | 17-MAR-2020 |
| Time: | 09:14 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk II |
| Owner/operator: | Fly Maui LLC |
| Registration: | N738DB |
| C/n / msn: | 17269886 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kahului Airport (OGG/PHOG), Maui, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hana Airport, HI (HNM/PHHN) |
| Hana Airport, HI (HNM/PHHN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The solo student pilot reported that, while in the airport traffic pattern, the air traffic tower controller instructed her to follow a heavy jet airplane. She saw the heavy jet airplane and confirmed it with the tower controller who then cleared the pilot to land behind the heavy jet and provided a caution for wake turbulence. As she maintained a final approach to land "past the numbers" and prepared for the landing flare, the wings suddenly rolled right, and the nose dropped. She attempted to correct, but the airplane landed hard, skidded off the runway, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, lift struts, and empennage.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to avoid wake turbulence while landing behind a heavy jet airplane, which resulted in a loss of roll control and subsequent hard landing.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20200318X82914&key=1
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N738DB/history/20200317/1826Z/PHOG/PHOG
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N738DB
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/800176-599e9c7e5ea326e83516d9e4de3dc4ab782b1925 (photo)
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2020 09:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Mar-2020 10:31 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 13:43 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2020 12:37 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 03-Jul-2020 13:30 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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