# Incident 20260619006769I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Augusta, KS, June 19, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2026, 08:38 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SHXS
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 506 total, 129 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260619006769I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/19/2026 THE WICHITA FSDO WAS NOTIFIED OF A POSSIBLE INCIDENT OCCURRING AT AUGUSTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3AU). A CESSNA 172-S MODEL SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD WAS CONDUCTING LANDING PRACTICE AT 3AU. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 TAXIED OFF ONTO TAXIWAY A2. DURING THE TAXI BACK ON TAXIWAY A TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 18 FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIING TOO QUICKLY AND INSTRUCTED THE REDUCTION OF POWER AND TO APPLY BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXI WAY INTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT CONTACTING TAXIWAY LIGHT AND TWO AIRPORT SIGNS. MINIMAL SCRAPPING TO THE RIGHT LOWER COWLING, DENTING ON THE LEFT MAIN, AND SCRAPPING ON BOTH PROPELLER BLADES OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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