# Incident 20250228001769I: Cessna 172M, Birchwood, AK, February 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2025, 02:30 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12138, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12138) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 38 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228001769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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