# Accident 20200924022222A: Cessna 172S, San Marcos, TX, September 24, 2020 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 24, 2020, 19:20 local time - Place: San Marcos, TX - Airport: San Marcos - Damage: Destroyed - Collision: Midair collision - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Location: 29.8917° N, 97.8791° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8917&lon=-97.8791&mi=10 - Aircraft: N108VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108VK-2023-09-16) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA419) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200924022222A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT (A) N108VK - CFI WAS INSTRUCTING STUDENT MOSTLY ON PATTERN WORK AND LANDINGS ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER MANEUVERS THAT WERE COVERED ON THE WAY OVER TO LOCKHART IN N108VK (A). THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE PATTERN SEVERAL TIMES DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT LOCKHART. CFI WAS MAKING THE RADIO CALLS AND COACHING STUDENT ON PATTERN/LANDING SPECIFICS. THEY DEPARTED LOCKHART AS DUSK APPROACHED TO RETURN FOR A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 AT SAN MARCOS. STATEMENTS REVEALED THE TRAFFIC WAS A BIT BUSY AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER ALL WEEK FROM NEARBY STORMS, SO EVERYBODY WAS FLYING. MOST OF THE TRAFFIC WAS VISIBLE ON ADSB AND ALL PILOTS WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO MANAGE THE FLOW SINCE THE SAN MARCOS TOWER WAS NOW CLOSED. WHILE IN THE DOWNWIND TO R8, N540LK (B)SEEMED TO BE BUNCHED UP A BIT AND (B) STATED THAT HE WAS EXECUTING A RIGHT 360 IN DOWNWIND FOR SPACING. THE N540LK (B) AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ADSB AND WAS NOT VISIBLE ON (A) SCREEN, SO THE CFI ASKED HIM IF HE HAD REJOINED DOWNWIND AIRCRAFT (B) SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO RETURN TO BASE BUT SAW AIRCRAFT (A) BELOW HIM AND WOULD INSTEAD EXTEND DOWNWIND TO LET THEM IN. AIRCRAFT (A) STARTED TURN TO BASE (WITH ACCOMPANYING CALL) AND THEN CALLED OUT THEIR POSITION REGULARLY AFTER THAT. IT WAS STATED THE CFI HAD A VISUAL ON N540LK (B) FURTHER OUT WHEN THEY TURNED/CALLED FINAL (PER RADIO CALL). AIRCRAFT (B) OVERTOOK AIRCRAFT (A) IN THE FASTER PLANE AND LOST SIGHT OF (A) AHEAD/BELOW HIM DUE TO HIS LOW-WING AIRCRAFT AND LACK OF ADSB. AIRCRAFT N540LK (B) CRASHED INTO AIRCRAFT N108VK (A) FROM ABOVE LEFT SIDE, N540LK (B) PROPELLER STRUCK N108VK (A) WINDSHIELD AND ENGINE COWLING. NO CONTROL FOR N108VK (A) AS THEY WERE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND AND FLIPPED TAIL OVER AND CAUGHT FIRE AT THE ENGINE AREA. AIRCRAFT N540LK (B) PROCEEEDD OVER AIRCRAFT N108VK (B) AND HIT THE AIRPORT ENTRANCE FENCE AT THE END OF RUNWAY 8 AND BURST INTO FLAMES. INJURIES: N540LK PILOT (B)- ESCAPED UNINJURED N108VK CFI (A) - DISPLACED OPEN FRACTURE LEFT RING FINGER, 4 STITCHES RIGHT FOREARM NEAR ELBOW, ABRASIONS OF MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE BODY. N108VK - STUDENT (A) -TBI/CONCUSSION/MEMORY LOSS, SUFFERED FRACTURES IN BOTH FEET, STERNUM, L1 VERTEBRAE, AND RIBS. STRAINED LEFT HAND/SHOULDER, AND HAD MULTIPLE CUTS ON LEGS AND JAW?SOME REQUIRING STITCHES. ## Other aircraft in the event - N540LK, Escobar Luis E TEAM ROCKETS F1: [Accident 20200924022231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200924022231A) ## 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 CEN20LA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA419), Sep 25, 2020: Cessna 172S (N108VK), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The F1 pilot’s failure to see and avoid the lower altitude Cessna while on final approach for landing. Contributing to the accident were the restrictions to pilot visibility inherent to low- and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.