# Incident 20230804011169I: Cessna 172S, Hondo, TX, August 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2023, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Airport: South Texas Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3542° N, 99.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hondo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3542&lon=-99.1618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24447, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24447) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,119 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230804011169I

## Narrative

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

ON 4 AUGUST 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CST, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA MODEL 172S EXPERIENCED WINDS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP AND LAND SHORT OF RUNWAY 17L.  NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) CONTACTED EDGE OF RUNWAY, COLLAPSED NLG, AND INDUCED PROPELLER STRIKE PRIOR TO FULL STOP.

## Other reports on N24447 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160802012969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160802012969A), Aug 2, 2016: Cessna 172S (N24447), Oak Island, NC, Substantial damage. On August 2, 2016, at approximately 10:30AM, Mr. Merrill holden, private pilot certificate number #003822518, crash landed a rented Cessna 172, N24447, on…

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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