# Accident 20170406003929A: Cessna 172S, San Marcos, TX, April 6, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8889° N, 97.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8889&lon=-97.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2477F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2477F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 6 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170406003929A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 6, 2017, AT 1230 CDT, A CESSNA 172 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2477F, REGISTERED TO CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION INC., EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE UPON LANDING AT SAN MARCOS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN SAN MARCOS, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAN MARCOS, TX. AT APPROXIMANTELY 1210 CDT.

## 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 GAA17CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA229), Apr 6, 2017: Cessna 172 (N2477F), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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