# NTSB Accident ANC25LA025
> **CESSNA 172A** · 2025-03-16 · Fairbanks, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC25LA025
- **Event ID:** 20250319199877
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-03-16
- **Location:** Fairbanks, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 64.786555, -147.89818
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172A
- **Registration:** N7274T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to initiate the flight despite identifying a malfunction in the carburetor heat system during the pre-takeoff engine run-up, which led to a partial loss of engine power during climb out. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel’s improper rigging of the carburetor heat control cable.

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