# Incident 19851103061549I: Cessna 172P, Old Town, ME, November 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1985, 17:10 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9342° N, 68.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9342&lon=-68.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53680, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53680-2008-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 238 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851103061549I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A DEER DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. GEAR WAS KNOCKED OFF. LANDED SAFELY AT OTHER AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N53680 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860413018739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860413018739I), Apr 13, 1986: Cessna 172P (N53680), Old Town, ME, 1 fatal. Student jumper landed in river and drowned.

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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