Cessna 172 N5375R

Summary

On 10 March 2025 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5375R, operated by Arctic Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Cantwell, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 March 2025 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cantwell, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Summit (UMM)

Coordinates

63.3288, -149.1368

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5375R

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Engines

1

Operator

Arctic Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairbanks → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC25LA023

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude during a low-altitude maneuver which resulted in inadvertent ground contact and a nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, while flying at low altitude above a remote snow-covered airstrip, he inadvertently descended, and the accident airplane’s nose wheel contacted the snow. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.