# Accident 20250310002359A: Cessna 172M, Cantwell, AK, March 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2025, 12:05 local time
- Place: Cantwell, AK
- Airport: Summit Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3288° N, 149.1368° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3288&lon=-149.1368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5375R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5375R) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 322 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250310002359A

## Narrative

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

PIC LEFT FAIRBANKS BOUND FOR TALKEETNA. WHILE FLYING THRU BROAD BASS DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE SUMMIT AIRPORT RUNWAY (PAST). FIRST PASS OVER THE RUNWAY WAS OFF TO THE SIDE AS PIC OBSERVED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. SECOND PASS PIC SHOT AN APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. PIC STATED HE DID NOT INTEND TO LAND, ONLY MAKE A LOW PASS. FLAPS WERE SET TO 20DEG. AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD THE PIC REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE HIGH AND HAD AN AIRSPEED OF 40-45MPH. PIC STATED HE FELT THE MAIN GEAR HIT THE SNOW. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND SLID APPROX. 5 FT. THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS COVERED IN APPROX. 30” OF SNOW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC25LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA023), Mar 10, 2025: Cessna 172 (N5375R), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude during a low-altitude maneuver which resulted in inadvertent ground contact and a nose over.

## Other reports on N5375R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060829017909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060829017909A), Aug 29, 2006: Cessna 172M (N5375R), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] pilot failed to maintain altitude and airspeed in mountainous terrain. Elected to land the aircraft controlled, due to the…
- [Accident 19760524015369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760524015369A), May 24, 1976: Cessna 172M (N5375R), Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. Left crosswind,gusts to 20K.

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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