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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T · Hot Springs, VA · September 2, 1989

Date
September 2, 1989 · 10:30 local
Place
Hot Springs, VA
Airport
Ingalls Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IKCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4491C
Reported as
Piper PA31T
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total250 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While landing at night, aircraft struck several deer. Both engines and propellers damaged.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AT NIGHT, AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL DEER. BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS DAMAGED.