# Incident 20250214006919I: Cessna 172S, Lynchburg, VA, February 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2025, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983FA) (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: 996 total, 983 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250214006919I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.