# Incident 20020815021579I: Cessna 172M, Red Lodge, MT, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 21:30 local time
- Place: Red Lodge, MT
- Airport: Red Lodge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1848° N, 109.2577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED LODGE (RED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1848&lon=-109.2577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1247U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1247U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 80 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815021579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES AIRCRAFT HIT DEER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING RED LODGE.

## Other reports on N1247U (2)

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

- [Incident 19980705015689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980705015689I), Jul 5, 1998: Cessna 172M (N1247U), Red Lodge, MT, Minor damage. During flight instruction being given in the area of forced landins, using runway 16, bounced on landing and bounced again. The right main gear contacted the…
- [Accident 19770510010549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770510010549A), May 10, 1977: Cessna 172M (N1247U), Melville, LA, Substantial damage

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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