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FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · San Juan, PR · July 25, 2026

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Date
July 25, 2026 · 10:00 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Airport
Fernando L Ribas Dominicci
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
FHSS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6055R
Reported as
Cessna 162
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
N6055RRegistered now · Cessna 162S/N 16200201 · Built 2012Airframe modelCessna 162Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 25, 2026, San Juan FSDO 63 received a general aviation accident/incident report. Event took place at approximately 10:00 am during ground operations of aircraft privacy data omitted while taxiing to perform an engine run up at the north west area of sig airport prior to preparing to conduct a discovery flight. privacy data omitted, privacy data omitted stated that when moving aircraft the nose went down and up then propeller contacted the ground area causing the engine to stop. PIC indicated that when taxing aircraft to the engine run up area, he needed to veer to the right of the taxi way in order to avoid a twin aircraft that was in the area and a while after that was when the incident took place and the aircraft nose wheel went down and then up after falling into the pot hole then the aircraft nose section went down and the propeller impacted the taxi way.

Further inspection confirmed the area where the aircraft nose wheel fell, was not a pot hole rather a sorrounding of a water access cover present at the area. Since this area is away from the normal aircraft taxi area, the surrounding is not marked.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 25, 2026, SAN JUAN FSDO 63 RECEIVED A GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORT. EVENT TOOK PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM DURING GROUND OPERATIONS OF AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE TAXIING TO PERFORM AN ENGINE RUN UP AT THE NORTH WEST AREA OF SIG AIRPORT PRIOR TO PREPARING TO CONDUCT A DISCOVERY FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHEN MOVING AIRCRAFT THE NOSE WENT DOWN AND UP THEN PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AREA CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP. PIC INDICATED THAT WHEN TAXING AIRCRAFT TO THE ENGINE RUN UP AREA, HE NEEDED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXI WAY IN ORDER TO AVOID A TWIN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN THE AREA AND A WHILE AFTER THAT WAS WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL WENT DOWN AND THEN UP AFTER FALLING INTO THE POT HOLE THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SECTION WENT DOWN AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE TAXI WAY.

FURTHER INSPECTION CONFIRMED THE AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL FELL, WAS NOT A POT HOLE RATHER A SORROUNDING OF A WATER ACCESS COVER PRESENT AT THE AREA. SINCE THIS AREA IS AWAY FROM THE NORMAL AIRCRAFT TAXI AREA, THE SURROUNDING IS NOT MARKED.