# Accident 20130908018389A: Cessna 172B, Townsend, GA, September 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2013, 19:15 local time
- Place: Townsend, GA
- Airport: Eagle Neck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6394° N, 81.3289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6394&lon=-81.3289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7619X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7619X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 797 total, 735 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA414) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130908018389A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT 1GA0 WHEN UPON LANDING THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK A SMALL DEER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA13CA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA414), Sep 8, 2013: Cessna 172B (N7619X), Shellman Bluff, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a deer during landing.

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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