# Accident 20240220000989A: Cessna 172, San Marcos, TX, February 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2024, 04:25 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8930° N, 97.8712° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8930&lon=-97.8712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6762A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6762A-2024-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240220000989A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024, A CESSNA 172 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI ON TAXI WAY C TO J THEN TO HOLD SHORT AT RUNWAY 17. PRIOR TO HIS CLEARENCE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. A SAAB 340. WAS CLEARED TO TAXI ON C AND THEN STOP AT INTERECTION TO J TO PERFORM A MAINTENACE RUN ON A SMALL PAD. THE CESSNA 172 WAS NOT ALERTED TO THIS AND WHILE TAXING PAST AND BEHIND THE SAAB 340, THE PROP WASH CAUSED FROM THE THRUST OF THE ENGINES FLIPPED THE CESSNA 172 UPSIDE DOWN AND TO THE EDGE OF TAXIWAY J. SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN24LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA117), Feb 20, 2024: Cessna 172 (N6762A), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from a large multi-engine airplane during taxi operations.

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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