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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Manley Hot Spri, AK · March 29, 2025

Date
March 29, 2025 · 08:30 local
Place
Manley Hot Spri, AK
Airport
Manley Hot Springs
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N733KV
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC25LA029
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total16 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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.

During landing, and immediately upon touchdown, aircraft began to drift left on runway. Pilot was unable to counteract the drift with either flight control inputs or braking, due to glare ice conditions on the runway surface. The aircraft slid off of the left side of the runway and down a snow-covered embankment. The nose of the aircraft dug into the deep snow on the embankment, causing the aircraft to nose over and flip onto its back. After coming to rest inverted, the aircraft slid further down the embankment before coming to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, AND IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT ON RUNWAY. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO COUNTERACT THE DRIFT WITH EITHER FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS OR BRAKING, DUE TO GLARE ICE CONDITIONS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN A SNOW-COVERED EMBANKMENT. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE DEEP SNOW ON THE EMBANKMENT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND FLIP ONTO ITS BACK. AFTER COMING TO REST INVERTED, THE AIRCRAFT SLID FURTHER DOWN THE EMBANKMENT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.