# Incident 20170425003879I: Cessna 172S, Howell, MI, April 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2017, 09:23 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Airport: Livingston County Spencer J. H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2TAS
- Location: 42.6294° N, 83.9822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVINGSTON COUNTY/SPENCER J HARDY (OZW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6294&lon=-83.9822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5253C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5253C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 130 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170425003879I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTION FLIGHT.  LANDING PRACTICE WAS BEING DONE AT OZW.  DURING A FLARE OUT FOR LANDING A DEER WAS SEEN MIGRATING ONTO THE RUNWAY.  INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED A GO AROUND.  DEER WAS HIT WITH NOSE WHEEL AND TRANSPONDER ATNENNA.  PILOT MADE ONE PASS BACK OVER OZW RUNWAY TO SEE IF ANY AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE VISIBLE.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AT YIP PERFORMING A TOWER FLYBY TO CHECK INTEGRITY OF NOSE GEAR.  NORMAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5253C (1)

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

- [Incident 20190528023579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190528023579I), May 28, 2019: Cessna 172S (N5253C), Belleville, MI, Minor damage. Kyip tower called emi FSDO aprox. 1300L and informed FSDO that aircraft N5253C pilot had called in to tower after landing and reported a tie down hook missing…

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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