# Incident 20260319002489I: Cessna 172N, Stuart, FL, March 19, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2026, 09:08 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9TCS
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 2,020 total, 1,899 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260319002489I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 19, 2026, A SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH AN AIRPORT TAXIWAY LIGHT IN THE RUN-UP AREA OF RUNWAY 30, KSUA (WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT). TWO PILOTS WERE ON BOARD: A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A STUDENT PILOT.

PER THE CFI STATEMENT, BEFORE THE COLLISION, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS IN CONTROL UNTIL THE CFI WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. AT WHICH POINT THE CFI TOOK CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRPLANE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CFI ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL OFF THE PAVEMENT AND INTO THE GRASS, COLLIDING WITH THE TAXIWAY LIGHT, WHICH WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER.

PICTURES PROVIDED FROM THE SCENE SHOW A TIRE MARK STREAK CONSISTENT WITH A HARD RIGHT TURN INTO THE TAXI LIGHT.

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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