Accident: Cessna 172S
Sep 25, 2020 · San Marcos, TX
NTSB numberCEN20LA419Event id20200928102041
- 0
- Fatalities
- 1
- Serious injuries
- 2
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The F1 pilot’s failure to see and avoid the lower altitude Cessna while on final approach for landing. Contributing to the accident were the restrictions to pilot visibility inherent to low- and high-wing airplanes, and both pilots’ failure to recognize the conflict that developed between their airplanes.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N108VK
- Year built
- 2001
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final Midair collision
- Aircraft
- F1
- Registration
- N540LK
- Year built
- 2014
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final Midair collision
Source: National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident database. Counts only; Voydar holds no names.
Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- San Marcos Regional Airport (KHYI)1 nm (2 km) east
- New Braunfels National Airport (KBAZ)14 nm (26 km) south-west
- Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)22 nm (40 km) north-east
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