20250214006919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Lynchburg, VA · February 14, 2025

Date
February 14, 2025 · 12:15 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn F
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N983FA
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
996 total983 in this make and model57 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The certificated flight instructor with a student pilot in the left seat taxied south on bravo taxiway to the southwest runup area for runway 04 at Lynchburg regional airport and while attempting to make a pedal turn in the runup area to change aircraft heading , left the hard/improved surface, struck and damaged a taxiway light, encurred a minor dent to the landing strut fairing, and became stuck in the mud. Ground support equipment towed the aircraft out of the mud back to the hangar. No injuries to crew.

As the FAA filed it

THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT TAXIED SOUTH ON BRAVO TAXIWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST RUNUP AREA FOR RUNWAY 04 AT LYNCHBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A PEDAL TURN IN THE RUNUP AREA TO CHANGE AIRCRAFT HEADING , LEFT THE HARD/IMPROVED SURFACE, STRUCK AND DAMAGED A TAXIWAY LIGHT, ENCURRED A MINOR DENT TO THE LANDING STRUT FAIRING, AND BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TOWED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE MUD BACK TO THE HANGAR. NO INJURIES TO CREW.