# Incident 19980815036069I: Cessna 172M, New Braunfels, TX, August 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1281U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1281U-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 40 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815036069I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON AUGUST 15, 1998 AT 1400 CDT, AIRCRAFT N1281U, A CESSNA 172, OWNED BY WRIGHT FLYERS FLIGHT SCHOOL AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AT NEW BRAUNFELLS, TEXAS DURING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON AUGUST 15, 1998 AT 1325 CDT. THE STUDENT PILOT PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE NEW BRAUNFELLS AIRPORT RAMP, INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE, DID NOT DETECT THE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER OR NOSE GEAR, AND DEPARTED FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1281U (1)

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

- [Accident 20080518839329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080518839329A), May 18, 2008: Cessna 172M (N1281U), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) During a solo flight, N12811U, CE-172M approached sat runway 30R at a hight altitude sat ATC had cleared N1281U for straight in approach to land. The…

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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