# Incident 20240903013979I: Cessna 172M, Conroe, TX, September 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2024, 10:00 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Conroe-North Houston Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GWLA
- Location: 30.3534° N, 95.4151° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONROE/NORTH HOUSTON RGNL (CXO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3534&lon=-95.4151&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64255, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64255) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,503 total, 1,271 in this make and model, 309 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240903013979I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/03/2024, AT AROUND 10:00 CDT, C172M HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 14 VIA TAXIWAY ALPHA AT KCXO.  STATEMENT FROM PILOT: "I THEN STARTED THE PLANE AND WAS TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY WHEN I REMEMBERED THE TRACKER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY DUE TO THE BUTTON BEING MASHED IN. I REACHED DOWN TO GRAB MY KEY THAT HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOORBOARD TO TRY TO JAM IT IN AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT SLIGHTLY WITHOUT NOTICING. ONCE I SAT BACK UP AND REACHED FOR THE TRACKER, I SAW I WAS ABOUT TO BE OFF THE TAXI WAY SO I APPLIED MY LEFT BRAKE BUT AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE IT WAS TOO LATE. THE GROUND WAS VERY SATURATED AND MY RIGHT MAIN SUNK DEEP INTO THE MUD CAUSING THE PROP TO CATCH INTO THE MUD AS WELL".

THE ONLY DAMAGE FOUND WAS PROPELLER STRIKE. AD MUST BE APPLIED TO ENGINE FOR PROP STRIKE.

COMPLIANCE ACTION/ORAL COUNSELING WAS CONDUCTED IAW 8900.1 VOL14, CH1, SEC2 AND ORDER 8000.373C. THE PILOT WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO COOPERATE WITH ALL INQUIRIES AND SUGGESTIONS DURING THE INVESTIGATION AND COUNSELING. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED, AND THIS ACCIDENT CASE IS CLOSED.

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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