# Incident 19950227008849I: Cessna A185F, Cottage Grove, WI, February 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1995, 15:30 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, WI
- Airport: Blackhawk Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1047° N, 89.1854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACKHAWK AIRFIELD (87Y), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1047&lon=-89.1854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8416Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8416Q-2004-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 985 total, 602 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950227008849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF ROLL JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION, 3 DEER BOLTED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 4 IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT, PILOT IMMEDIATELY CHOPPED POWER, PULLED BACK ON YOKE, AND APPLIED BRAKES. AIRCRAFT DID NOT STRIKE DEER, BUT NOSED OVER AND PROP STRUCK RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES. DAMAGE TO PROP RESULTED. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8416Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19910305007149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910305007149I), Mar 5, 1991: Cessna 185F (N8416Q), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Pilot stated a gust of wind caused him to ground loop on landing. Applied brakes and pitched up on nose.

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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