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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Baxley, GA · February 23, 2025

Date
February 23, 2025 · 19:50 local
Place
Baxley, GA
Airport
Baxley Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
EPXS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N245EP
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
800 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.

During the landing rollout on runway 8, a deer crossed in front of the aircraft followed closely by a second deer. The second deer was struck by the propeller. The muffler tail pipe was damaged, and the left nose wheel steering rod end was broken away from the steering collar.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 8, A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A SECOND DEER. THE SECOND DEER WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER. THE MUFFLER TAIL PIPE WAS DAMAGED, AND THE LEFT NOSE WHEEL STEERING ROD END WAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE STEERING COLLAR.