# Incident 19780728036799I: Cessna 172, Chesapeake, VA, July 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1978, 21:15 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Portsmouth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1566V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1566V-2004-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728036799I

## Narrative

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

DEER RAN INTO THE AIRPLANE DURING A NIGHT TAKEOFF ATTEMPT. NOT SEEN BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N1566V (1)

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

- [Incident 20030807018069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030807018069I), Aug 7, 2003: Cessna 172M (N1566V), Manning, SC, Minor damage. (-23) During takeoff roll on country farm paved road, pilot steered slightly to the left and impacted a tree line located close to the road with the aircrafts…

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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