# Accident 20250926013659A: Cessna 172, Hayden, ID, September 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2025, 14:40 local time
- Place: Hayden, ID
- Airport: Pappy Boyington Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7794° N, 116.8099° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7794&lon=-116.8099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7373A) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250926013659A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT-PILOT CERTIFICATED AIRMAN FINISHED A LESSON WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR AND DROPPED THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE FBO AT KCOE.  AFTER TOWER INSTRUCTION, STUDENT PILOT TAXIED TO RUNWAY 24 AT KCOE.  WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 24, A GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT (TAIL SECTION LIFTED AND FLIPPED/ROTATED ON THE LATERAL AXIS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  JET-BLAST AND/OR ROTORCRAFT WASH WAS NOT APPLICABLE.  AIRCRAFT ENGINE AT IDLE WITH BRAKES APPLIED DURING EVENT.  WINDS WERE REPORTED 230@10G17KTS.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDE: PROPELLER/ENGINE DUE TO PROP STRIKE, AND LEFT WINGTIP.  LIKELY DAMAGE TO TOP OF FUSELAGE, EMPENNAGE, AND WINGS AS THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT LIKELY CAUSED STRESS TO THE AFORMENTIONED AREAS.

## 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 WPR25LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA297), Sep 26, 2025: Cessna 172 (N7373A), Hayden, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inability to maintain control of the airplane during a sudden wind gust resulting in the airplane coming to rest inverted.

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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