# Accident 20120516007499A: Cessna A185F, Crystal Falls, MI, May 16, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2012, 22:35 local time
- Place: Crystal Falls, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0089° N, 88.2739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0089&lon=-88.2739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4742E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4742E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,146 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120516007499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON THE AIRPORT AT DUSK.  THE AIRPORT AND SURROUNDING FORREST ARE HEAVLY POPULATED WITH DEER.  DURING TOUCHDOWN, A PAIR OF DEER RAN INTO THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SWERVED TO AVOID THE DEER AND GROUND LOOPED, DAMAGING THE GEAR AND LEFT WING.

## 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 CEN12CA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA305), May 16, 2012: Cessna A185F (N4742E), Crystal Falls, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's abrupt maneuver to avoid deer that unexpectedly ran into the airplane's path during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N4742E (4)

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

- [Accident 20230516007209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230516007209A), May 16, 2023: Cessna A185F (N4742E), Grand Junction, CO, Substantial damage. The pilot stated the plane was being transported from ksdl to kimt in Michigan’s upper peninsula. The pilot was experienced in this aircraft, which he had…
- [Accident 19921212049869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921212049869A), Dec 12, 1992: Cessna 185F (N4742E), Lanai City, HI, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Crash landed off airport. No engine or fuel defects. Equipped with ferry tanks in cabin.
- [Accident 19880711026419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880711026419A), Jul 11, 1988: Cessna A185F (N4742E), Georgetown, AK, Substantial damage. Weather forced pilot to land float equipped aircraft on river. Wind overturned aircraft and it sank.
- [Accident 19791113033519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791113033519A), Nov 13, 1979: Cessna 185 (N4742E), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Stud bounced acft on wheel lndg. Instructor took over. Acft veered off side of rwy, collapsing main gear.

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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