# Incident 20250206001889I: Cessna 172M, Shiloh, NC, February 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2025, 21:45 local time
- Place: Shiloh, NC
- Airport: Rockingham County Nc Shiloh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Z8YS
- Location: 36.4372° N, 79.8510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NC SHILOH (SIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4372&lon=-79.8510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71409, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71409) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,008 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206001889I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE HAD A DEER STRIKE; IT WAS NIGHTTIME THE AIRPLANE WAS OCCUPIED BY AN INSTRUCTOR AND AN STUDENT.

AIRPLANE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

THE DEER WAS HIT BY THE PROPELLER BUT NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE PROP AND ALSO WAS NOT ENGINE STOP.

ENGINE AND PROP WERE REMOVED AND SEND TO THE SHOP FOR MAINTENANCE TO EVALUATE IF IT WAS ANY INTERNAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N71409 (2)

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

- [Accident 20040701023999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040701023999A), Jul 1, 2004: Cessna 172M (N71409), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) The owner of the flight school and the Cessna 172 stated that the pilot, william p. wege, and another pilot, beth o'malley, were taxiing the aircraft to…
- [Accident 19830513019399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513019399A), May 13, 1983: Cessna 172M (N71409), Ocean Way, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during low level flight. Pilot claimed engine malfunction but not substantiated.

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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