# Incident 20251215018769I: Cessna 172R, San Marcos, TX, December 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2025, 16:48 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9CFS
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N240CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 415 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251215018769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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