Cessna 172 N79300

Summary

On 29 September 2020 at about 22:40 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N79300 was involved in an accident near Big Rapids, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 September 2020 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Big Rapids, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Roben Hood (RQB)

Coordinates

43.7226, -85.5041

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N79300

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Lakeview

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20LA431

Nobody was injured.

The airplane’s impact with a deer during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instructor pilot reported that the pilot was taking off following a night touch and go landing when he and the pilot heard a loud thump and the airplane yawed strongly to the left. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane, continued the takeoff, brought the airplane back to the airport, and landed uneventfully. As the instructor pilot was taxiing the airplane to the ramp, both he and the pilot saw several deer adjacent to the runway. A postaccident examination revealed the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator, and aft fuselage. The following morning a 100-pound deceased deer was found about 80 yards south of the departure runway. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The damage the airplane sustained was consistent with a deer strike.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.