# Accident 20250826015259A: Cessna 172M, Lubbock, TX, August 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2025, 21:18 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6499° N, 101.8187° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6499&lon=-101.8187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92356, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92356) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 12 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250826015259A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 26TH 2025, A CESSNA 172 CRASHED AFTER TAKING OFF FROM LUBBOCK PRESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB). AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEVEL ATTTIDE, WITH THE FUSELAGE BREAKING IN HALF AFTOF HE REAR SEAT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER DID EXPERIANCE MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN25LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA355), Aug 27, 2025: Cessna 172M (N92356), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of available fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N92356 (1)

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

- [Accident 20200608004019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608004019A), Jun 8, 2020: Cessna 172M (N92356), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. On June 8, 2020, at approximately 1511 CDT, a Cessna 172M bearing registration number N92356, had a hard landing at Lubbock preston smith international airport…

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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