# Incident 20250810011819I: Cessna 172S, Fitchburg, MA, August 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2025, 11:41 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6019° N, 71.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitchburg, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6019&lon=-71.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2081S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2081S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810011819I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20190526005179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190526005179I), May 26, 2019: Cessna 172S (N2081S), Bedford, MA, No damage. The recently certificated flight instructor was returning to the ramp after conducting an intro flight with a prospective student. The student's wife was a…

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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