20250810011819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Fitchburg, MA · August 10, 2025

Date
August 10, 2025 · 11:41 local
Place
Fitchburg, MA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2081S
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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.

Counseled student pilot on the importance of reporting any incident and explained to them that their actions are often the only action needed to stop many small occurrences from stacking up into a major incident/accident.

As the FAA filed it

COUNSELED STUDENT PILOT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING ANY INCIDENT AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THEIR ACTIONS ARE OFTEN THE ONLY ACTION NEEDED TO STOP MANY SMALL OCCURRENCES FROM STACKING UP INTO A MAJOR INCIDENT/ACCIDENT.

Other reports on N2081S · 1

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