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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Birchwood, AK · February 28, 2025

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Date
February 28, 2025 · 02:30 local
Place
Birchwood, AK
Airport
Birchwood
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12138
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
369 total38 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N12138Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261835 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine 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.

Incident pilot stated she was departing runway 20R when she lost control of the aircraft and veered off of the left side of the runway, crossed a taxiway, crossed 20L and came to rest in snow next to an access road. The aircraft sustained damage to its propeller, right landing gear and left navigation light. She indicated she may not have made the correct control inputs to effectivly manage directional control of the aircraft during takeoff. Failed to correct for left turning tendencies.

As the FAA filed it

INCIDENT PILOT STATED SHE WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 20R WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A TAXIWAY, CROSSED 20L AND CAME TO REST IN SNOW NEXT TO AN ACCESS ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND LEFT NAVIGATION LIGHT. SHE INDICATED SHE MAY NOT HAVE MADE THE CORRECT CONTROL INPUTS TO EFFECTIVLY MANAGE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF. FAILED TO CORRECT FOR LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES.