# Incident 19940613015139I: Piper PA28181, Wilmington, DE, June 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1994, 21:00 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmington-New Castle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43055, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43055) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,316 total, 66 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940613015139I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A DEER ON TAKEOFF. SEVERED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. CONTINUED TO BASE. RIGHT WING DAMAGED LANDING MINUS GEAR

## Other reports on N43055 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001001039529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001039529A), Oct 1, 2000: Piper PA28181 (N43055), Boone, NC, No damage. (-23) On October 1, 2000, about 1605 EDT, a Piper PA-28-181, N43055, registered to and operated by the pilot, crashed while attmepting to land at watauga…

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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