19781021029599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Kotzebue, AK · October 21, 1978

Date: October 21, 1978 · 15:35 local
Place: Kotzebue, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9275H
Reported as: Cessna 172
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9275HRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 2018 · Cessna 172MS/N 17266063 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After landing on a frozen lake the pilot skidded into the shoreline. Broke the nose gear off.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE THE PILOT SKIDDED INTO THE SHORELINE. BROKE THE NOSE GEAR OFF.