# Accident 19981126032479A: Cessna 172C, Tallahassee, FL, November 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Commerical Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4506° N, 84.2793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4506&lon=-84.2793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1377Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1377Y-2009-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 744 total, 734 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981126032479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ACFT ON PRIVATE STRIP WHEN A HERD OF HORSES CROSSED RWY. (.19)ON NOVEMBER 26, 1998, ABOUT 1630 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172C, N1377Y, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, COLLIDED WITH A HORSE DURING A LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT, NEAR TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, AND THE HORSE WAS KILLED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1610, FROM TALLAHASSEE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN A HEARD OF HORSES CROSSED THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF AGAIN, BUT STRUCK AND KILLED ON OF THE HORSES, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER.(.4) THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN A HERD OF HORSES CROSSED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF AGAIN, BUT STRUCK AND KILLED ONE OF THE HORSES, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER. HE SAID WHEN HE WAS ON THE GROUND, AFTER LANDING AND STILL ROLLING, HE SAW MOVEMENT OF THE HORSES OFF TO HIS RIGHT, ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE, ON THE LANDING FIELD SIDE OF THE FENCE AND        MOVING ALONG THE FENCE LINE IN A SLOW GALLOP. HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND GET OUT OF THE FIELD. AS HE APPLIED FULL POWER THE HORSES TRACKED ACROSS THE FIELD IN THE PATH OF THE AIRPLANE. THREE TO FOUR HORSES RAN ACROSS THE FILED AND THE LAST HORSE TO CROSS THE PATH OF THE AIRPLANE CLOSED WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT RUN AWAY, BUT IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHICH PUT IT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT OR NEAR GROUND EFFECT SPEED THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE HORSE IN A BROADSIDE IMPACT, WITH A NOSE UP ATTITUDE RESULTING IN THE INSTANTANEOUS DEATH OF THE HORSE, THE LOSS OF POWER, PROPELLER, AND NOSE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE DRAGGED THE HORSE FOR SEVERAL YARDS, AND THEN NOSED FORWARD AND FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA036), Nov 26, 1998: Cessna 172C (N1377Y), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: an on ground collision with a horse.

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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