# Incident 20260912012669I: Cessna 150M, Wiscasset, ME, September 12, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2026, 20:30 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Airport: Wiscasset
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WISCASSET (IWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66188, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260912012669I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN EVENING FLIGHT UNDER VMC CONDITIONS FROM BRUNSWICK, MAINE, TO WISCASSET, MAINE, FOR REFUELING, THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25 PROCEEDED NORMALLY THROUGH THE PATTERN, BASE LEG, AND FINAL. AFTER THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND THE ROLLOUT BEGAN TO LOWER THE NOSE, A DEER SUDDENLY APPEARED IN THE LANDING LIGHT. INITIALLY, THE PIC INDICATED THE DEER RAN STRAIGHT AHEAD, THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. IN A LAST-SECOND, THE DEER PIVOTED SHARPLY LEFT, DIRECTLY INTO THE PROPELLER. THE IMPACT WAS FELT AS THE DEER WENT UNDER BOTH THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. FOLLOWING THE COLLISION, THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND REVVING, PROMPTING AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN. THERE WAS NO SMOKE, FIRE, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANUALLY MOVED BY THE PROPELLER TO A VACANT TAXIWAY TO ENSURE THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR FOR ANY INCOMING AIRCRAFT. THE RUNWAY WAS CHECKED TO CONFIRM IT WAS FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS, AND THE PROPER AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED BY THE PIC.

MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT – SLIGHT DENT IN THE LOWER RIGHT ENGINE COWLING AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT-HAND PLASTIC LANDING GEAR COVER. PROPELLER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE BENT. ENGINE AND PROPELLER NEED FURTHUR EVALUATION BEFORE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N66188 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980905043749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905043749I), Sep 5, 1998: Cessna 150M (N66188), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot was awaiting takeoff when struck in the rear by a second aircraft.

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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