Cessna A185F N4742E

Summary

On 16 May 2012 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N4742E, operated by Whitehead Dennis C, was involved in an accident near Crystal Falls, 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

16 May 2012 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Crystal Falls, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Iron County Airport (50D)

Coordinates

46.0089, -88.2739

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N4742E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Whitehead Dennis C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Iron Mountain → Crystal Falls

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA305

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's abrupt maneuver to avoid deer that unexpectedly ran into the airplane's path during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Two deer ran out of a wooded area and toward the runway from left to right in front of the airplane during the landing roll. The pilot applied left rudder in an attempt to avoid the deer, assuming they were going to continue across the runway. One of the deer continued across the runway. The other deer stopped on the runway and turned around to go back into the woods. The pilot applied right rudder in order to avoid the second deer and the airplane ground-looped. The left wing was substantially damaged when it contacted the ground during the ground loop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.