# Incident 20260725012169I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, San Juan, PR, July 25, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2026, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando L Ribas Dominicci
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FHSS
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6055R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6055R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260725012169I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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