# NTSB Accident CEN20LA419
> **CESSNA 172S** · 2020-09-25 · San Marcos, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN20LA419
- **Event ID:** 20200928102041
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-09-25
- **Location:** San Marcos, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.891657, -97.879091
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N108VK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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