# Accident 20250507004059A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Tiffin, OH, May 7, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2025, 20:40 local time
- Place: Tiffin, OH
- Airport: Seneca County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LF8S
- Location: 41.0930° N, 83.2139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0930&lon=-83.2139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N335BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 533 total, 363 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250507004059A

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH STUDENT PILOT ON RWY 24, RETRACTED FLAPS, APPLIED POWER AND ACCELERATED TO ROTATION WHEN DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT TOO CLOSE TO REACT AND HIT DEER WITH PROPELLER ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRPLANE, LOWER CORNER OF FIREWALL.  DEER DRAGGED UNDER FUSELAGE PULLING AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT.  TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND EXIT THE RWY.

## 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 ERA25LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA206), May 8, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N335BG), Tiffin, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during takeoff.

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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