# Accident 19960120001119A: Piper PA32260, Spicewood, TX, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 18:05 local time
- Place: Spicewood, TX
- Airport: Austin Air Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4809° N, 98.1607° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4809&lon=-98.1607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41381 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total, 70 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120001119A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING DUE TO DEER ON RUNWAY. BEGAN GO AROUND HIT BUSHES. ABORTED DUE END RUNWAY AND TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA102), Jan 21, 1996: Piper PA-32-260 (N41381), Spicewood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with a deer on the runway during landing. A factor was the bush that the airplane collided with during the aborted landing.

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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