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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Milton, VT · April 11, 2015

Date: April 11, 2015 · 14:08 local
Place: Milton, VT
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N739VL
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 27,000 total12,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N739VLRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2017 · Cessna 172NS/N 17270840 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

At approximately 13:20 the aircraft departed kbtv (burlington VT) with CFI privacy data omitted and student pilot privacy data omitted on board for a training flight. They flew to kpbg (plattsburgh NY) where they performed 3 cross wind landings. They departed kpbg heading approximately NE, as they approached the kbtv area by lake champlain the CFI pulled the throttle to idle and asked the student to demonstrate emergency landing procedures. The student located and set up for a landing in a field. The CFI suggested that they could land on lake champlain. The CFI told the student that he had landed on the lake the day before April 10, 2015. The aircraft was then set up for landing and landed on the lake. After touch down and after approximately a 100FT roll out, the nose wheel broke through the ice, and then the main wheels broke through the ice. Both the CFI and the student were able to get out of the aircraft and then walk to shore.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 13:20 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KBTV (BURLINGTON VT) WITH CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON BOARD FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT. THEY FLEW TO KPBG (PLATTSBURGH NY) WHERE THEY PERFORMED 3 CROSS WIND LANDINGS. THEY DEPARTED KPBG HEADING APPROXIMATELY NE, AS THEY APPROACHED THE KBTV AREA BY LAKE CHAMPLAIN THE CFI PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ASKED THE STUDENT TO DEMONSTRATE EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURES. THE STUDENT LOCATED AND SET UP FOR A LANDING IN A FIELD. THE CFI SUGGESTED THAT THEY COULD LAND ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT THAT HE HAD LANDED ON THE LAKE THE DAY BEFORE APRIL 10, 2015. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN SET UP FOR LANDING AND LANDED ON THE LAKE. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY A 100FT ROLL OUT, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE THROUGH THE ICE, AND THEN THE MAIN WHEELS BROKE THROUGH THE ICE. BOTH THE CFI AND THE STUDENT WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN WALK TO SHORE.