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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Lexington, NC · October 3, 2025

Date
October 3, 2025 · 18:30 local
Place
Lexington, NC
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N277SL
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1

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.

privacy data omitted, (A ce- C172) was struck by jet blast from privacy data omitted (a CE-560XL) while taxiing at exx on 10/03/2025.

privacy data omitted Was performing maintenance engine runs while located in a ramp parking location and privacy data omitted was taxiing from the hangar area passing from left to right behind the jet's location. The jet blast caused the left wing of the 172 to lift up with the right wing and propeller striking the ground before coming to a stop to the right and rear of the jet.

2 POB were in privacy data omitted. Damage to the propeller, right wing and landing gears was observed. The pilot reported going to the er for back pain shortly after the incident. No other injuries or damage were reported.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, (A CE- C172) WAS STRUCK BY JET BLAST FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (A CE-560XL) WHILE TAXIING AT EXX ON 10/03/2025.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUNS WHILE LOCATED IN A RAMP PARKING LOCATION AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING FROM THE HANGAR AREA PASSING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BEHIND THE JET'S LOCATION. THE JET BLAST CAUSED THE LEFT WING OF THE 172 TO LIFT UP WITH THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP TO THE RIGHT AND REAR OF THE JET.

2 POB WERE IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEARS WAS OBSERVED. THE PILOT REPORTED GOING TO THE ER FOR BACK PAIN SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. NO OTHER INJURIES OR DAMAGE WERE REPORTED.

Other reports on N277SL · 1

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