# Incident 20251219018799I: Cessna 172D, Post, TX, December 19, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2025, 15:40 local time
- Place: Post, TX
- Airport: Post Garza County Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2000° N, 101.3438° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2000&lon=-101.3438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2536U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2536U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251219018799I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 2025, AT 1545 CDT, A CESSNA 172D AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2536U, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER ENGINE FAILURE ON BASE TO FINAL LEG AT POST GARZA COUNTY MUNICIPAL IN POST, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR AND WING AND TAIL LEADING EDGES, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX ON DECEMBER 19, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT.

## 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 CEN26LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA069), Dec 19, 2025: Cessna 172D (N2536U), Post, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see the blockage in the fuel tank vent tube during the preflight inspection which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was…

## Other reports on N2536U (1)

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

- [Incident 19860120005479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860120005479I), Jan 20, 1986: Cessna 172D (N2536U), Atlanta, TX, Minor damage. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Nose gear collapsed after striking a ditch in a field during emergency landing.

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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