20200301001639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Centreville, AL · March 1, 2020

Date
March 1, 2020 · 20:45 local
Place
Centreville, AL
Airport
Centreville
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123PF
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,990 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The instructor/pilot made an uneventful approach and touchdown into 0A8. During rollout on the runway the instructor/pilot spotted approximately four to five deer on the runway, attempted to avoid the deer by applying brakes to stop the aircraft. However, the aircraft struck one of the deer causing minor damage to the lower right portion of the cowling.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR/PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN INTO 0A8. DURING ROLLOUT ON THE RUNWAY THE INSTRUCTOR/PILOT SPOTTED APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE DEER ON THE RUNWAY, ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE DEER BY APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ONE OF THE DEER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER RIGHT PORTION OF THE COWLING.