# Incident 19820923054089I: Amd FALCON, Battle Creek, MI, September 23, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1982, 19:45 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: Battle Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 2,900 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923054089I

## Narrative

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

SAW DEER ON RUNWAY AT FLARE. TRIED TO BALLOON OVER DEER BUT FLAP STRUCK AND BROKE OFF PART OF DEERS ANTLER.

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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