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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · New Braunfels, TX · April 8, 2026

Date
April 8, 2026 · 17:25 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Airport
New Braunfels Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
W78S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N982BT
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total13 in this make and model22 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.

Student pilot encountered a hard landing during first attempt after receiving solo endorsement resulting in propeller strike, nose landing gear failure, and minor structural damage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED A HARD LANDING DURING FIRST ATTEMPT AFTER RECEIVING SOLO ENDORSEMENT RESULTING IN PROPELLER STRIKE, NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE, AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.