# Accident 20241211021169A: Cessna 172S, Gainesville, GA, December 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2024, 20:21 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1754° N, 83.5614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1754&lon=-83.5614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N885GT) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241211021169A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO JCA AFTER THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY, 3 DEER WERE OBSERVED RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO RUNWAY CLOSE TO FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. GO AROUND POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY APPLIED AND AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY. AS AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIR, LOUD BANG WAS OBSERVED AND PILOT STATES HE KNEW AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED AN IMPACT. DURING CLIMB OUT, PILOT CONTACTED ATLANTA APPROACH AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. PILOT WAS DIVERTED TO LZU WHERE 2 LOW APPROACHES WERE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL INTACT. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING OCCURRED FOLLOWED BY A TAXI TO THE FBO AT LZU. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 ERA25LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA078), Dec 12, 2024: Cessna 172 (N885GT), Jefferson, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway 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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