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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · San Marcos, TX · December 15, 2025

Date
December 15, 2025 · 16:48 local
Place
San Marcos, TX
Airport
San Marcos Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9CFS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N240CT
Reported as
Cessna 172R
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
440 total415 in this make and model89 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.

Runway 8 at khyi, while coming in for final, student pilot at controls. Upon setting up for final the instructor pilot determined it was a stable approach. After a semi hard touchdown, the aircraft was brought to a skidding halt. Sounded like metal on concrete. The left wing started to tip towards the ground. The instructor pilot made inputs to stabilize the aircraft from further tipping. The aircraft came to rest tail high, nose down. The prop had struck the ground, and the nose wheel tire was flat and the rim was ground on the side.

As the FAA filed it

RUNWAY 8 AT KHYI, WHILE COMING IN FOR FINAL, STUDENT PILOT AT CONTROLS. UPON SETTING UP FOR FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT DETERMINED IT WAS A STABLE APPROACH. AFTER A SEMI HARD TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO A SKIDDING HALT. SOUNDED LIKE METAL ON CONCRETE. THE LEFT WING STARTED TO TIP TOWARDS THE GROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MADE INPUTS TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT FROM FURTHER TIPPING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST TAIL HIGH, NOSE DOWN. THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE RIM WAS GROUND ON THE SIDE.