# Accident 19991024037229A: Cessna 172N, Crandon, WI, October 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1999, 21:45 local time
- Place: Crandon, WI
- Airport: Crandon Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5605° N, 88.8905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5605&lon=-88.8905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4776E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4776E) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991024037229A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 24, 1999, AT 2145 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N4776E, COLLIDED WITH A DEER ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 29 AT THE CRANDON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CRANDON, WISCONSIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.                (-23)THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 29, AT CRANAON AIRPORT, CAROON, WI. AT NIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS JUST LIFTING OFF WHEN HE STRUCK A DEER.  THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKE OFF STAYED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE DEER BENT THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SUBSTANTIALY.

## 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 CHI00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA021), Oct 25, 1999: Cessna 172N (N4776E), Crandon, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the deer that ran out onto the runway and collided with the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the night lighting conditions.

## Other reports on N4776E (2)

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

- [Accident 20151226022229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151226022229A), Dec 26, 2015: Cessna 172N (N4776E), Punta Gorda, FL, Substantial damage. On 26 December 2015, at 1705 EST, a Cessna 172, N4776E, struck concrete light pole with its left wing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.…
- [Accident 19960628015549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960628015549A), Jun 28, 1996: Cessna 172N (N4776E), Newry, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on runway with inoperative aispeed indicator, approach too fast, ran off end of runway, hit ditch.

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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