# Incident 20150411010529I: Cessna 172N, Milton, VT, April 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2015, 14:08 local time
- Place: Milton, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6294° N, 73.1226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milton, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6294&lon=-73.1226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739VL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739VL-2017-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150411010529I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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