# Incident 19960818027929I: Cessna R182, Buffalo, NY, August 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1996, 20:55 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Buffalo Airfield Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8620° N, 78.7166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8620&lon=-78.7166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5300T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5300T-2021-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960818027929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 8/18/96 AT APPROXIMATELY 2055 EST, A CESSNA 182 RG, N5300T, REGISTERED TO BECKWITH AL DBA, STRUCK A DEER ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 24 AT BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR, AND LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWL. THE PILOT, GERALD SZKOTNICKI, AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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