# Incident 20250222001819I: Cessna 172R, Alton, NH, February 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2025, 16:10 local time
- Place: Alton, NH
- Airport: Alton Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4564° N, 71.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4564&lon=-71.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2745M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2745M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 195 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250222001819I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/22/25 AT 1610 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 172 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LANDING AT ALTON BAY (B18) NH. THE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 175 FEET PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 01 FACING WEST. THE PROPELLER DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH GROUND CONTACT UNDER POWER. THE OUTBOARD WING LEADING EDGES EXHIBITED MINOR DAMAGE, AND ENGINE COWLING WAS MISALIGNED WITH THE FUSELAGE.

THE PIC STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 01 AT ALTON BAY  HE ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH SPEED OF 74 KTS AND PUT IN 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS. HE REPORTED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 200 FEET PAST THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND IMMEDIATELY RETRACTED HIS FLAPS AS HE WAS THINKING IN TERMS OF A SHORT FIELD APPROACH. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THE PIC SAID THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WASN’T SLOWING DOWN VERY MUCH AND DIDN’T WANT TO APPLY THE BRAKES BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE WAS ALREADY IN A SLIGHT SKID. HE SAID THAT AS THE SECOND TAXIWAY APPROACHED HE DECIDED THAT IF HE HADN’T SLOWED DOWN MORE HE WOULD ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. AS THE TAXIWAY INTERSECTION APPROACHED HE ADDED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND.

THE PIC SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESPONDED NORMALLY AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. AS HE NEARED THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY HE RAISED THE NOSE WHEEL AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF BUT THE REAR WHEELS RAN INTO THE SNOW, CAUSING THE NOSE TO PITCH FORWARD AND THE PROP TO STRIKE THE ICE.

HE STATED NO MALFUNCTIONS OCCURRED, NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED, AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL FOR THE FLIGHT UP.

THE ALTON BAY AIRPORT IS A TEMPORARY ICE RUNWAY PLOWED TO ABOUT 2,500 FEET IN LENGTH. THE SECOND TAXIWAY DESCRIBED BY THE PIC IS ABOUT 1,400 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD AND THERE IS 1,100 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING AFTER THAT TAXIWAY.

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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