- Date
- October 17, 1992, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waverly, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75571Cessna 172N II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921017056569A
- Case key
- 37269
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Probable cause
An unavoidable collision with a deer.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was in the process of retrimming the airplane for takeoff, during a touch and go landing, when a deer ran onto the runway. The deer collided with the left side of the airplane, damaged the underside of the left wing, then impacted and damaged the left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot stopped the airplane without further damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75571
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267817
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adena Aviation Inc, doing business as Trm Aviation
- Registered owner
- Adena Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 13, 1992 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- I57
- Airport
- I57 · Pike County, runway 25, 4,200 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 125 in this make and model · 129 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N75571 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.