CEN26LA301

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172M · Frankston, TX · August 24, 2026

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 24, 2026, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
Place
Frankston, TX · Airplane impacted corner of the building
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9254HCessna 172M
Defining event
Landing: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Central Region
Parties
FAA North Texas FSDO, Textron Aviation
Case key
203665

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N9254H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17266049
Built
1975
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airport
T25 · Aero Estates Airport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
170° at 7 knots
Visibility
8 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
97 °F, dew point 66 °F
Altimeter
29.96 inHg
Observed at
KJSO, 18 nm away
METAR
METAR KJSO 241815Z AUTO 17007KT 150V210 8SM CLR 36/19 A2996 RMK AO2 T03640188 $