# Incident 19990329003399I: Cessna 172N, Superior, WI, March 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard Bong Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7208° N, 92.1041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7208&lon=-92.1041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5315D-2005-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990329003399I

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK A DEER WITH THE NOSE GEAR ON LANDING AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23)  ON 3/29/99 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS CST WHILE COMMENCING THE APPROACH TO LANDING AT SUW, A SMALL HERD OF DEER CROSSED NEAR THE FIRST THIRD OF RUNWAY 21.  JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE TOP OF THE DEER, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE HANGAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  OUR INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FIREWALL.

## Other reports on N5315D (2)

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

- [Accident 20030316003239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316003239A), Mar 16, 2003: Cessna 172N (N5315D), Foley, MN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) N5315D departed superior, Wisconsin (ksuw) for saint cloud, Minnesota (kstc) at 1457 local time on a VFR pleasure flight. The pilot received a fss…
- [Accident 19890305003269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890305003269A), Mar 5, 1989: Cessna 172N (N5315D), Superior, ID, Substantial damage. Applied brakes on landing with snow and ice patches on runway. Slid off into a snowbank.

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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