# Incident 20090225025079I: Cessna 172P, Anchorage, AK, February 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52950, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52950) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090225025079I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO AND, WHILE THE PILOT WAS RESETTING THE FLAPS, THE PLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED ICE.  IT CLIPPED A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N52950 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220506006459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220506006459I), May 6, 2022: Cessna 172P (N52950), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Flying a Cessna 172P (N52950) on 06 may 2022 at approx... 10:15L/18:15Z. With the intent of landing on an off airport gravel surface…
- [Accident 20160901022949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160901022949A), Sep 1, 2016: Cessna 172P (N52950), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On 1 sep, 2016, my student and I put the flaps up in N52950, while sitting on a taxiway near to abeam the land and sea aviation fuel point, getting ready to…
- [Incident 19851115065479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851115065479I), Nov 15, 1985: Cessna 172P (N52950), Crooked Creek, AK, Minor damage. Landed on river ice after sudden loss of power and vibration. Number 2 cylinder pushrod assemblies bent, broken.

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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