- Date
- July 3, 1985, 09:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Leadville, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736XNCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703036369A
- Case key
- 16717
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - animal(s)Cause
Remedial action - not possibleCause
Analysis
During the landing roll on rwy 34, a deer ran in front of the acft. The deer was struck and killed by the right wing strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736XN
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722871
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Colorado Nw Community College
- Registered owner
- Wesley W. Webster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4VD · Rangley, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LXV · Lake County, runway 34, 5,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Observed at
- 0940
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.