# Incident 19960927037769I: Piper PA28140, Lumberton, NJ, September 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1996, 21:10 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Airport: Flying W Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9343° N, 74.8072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING W (N14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9343&lon=-74.8072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7262F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7262F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960927037769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION DURING PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS, AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER AT APPROACH END OF RWY 19 AT FLYING W AIRPORT. STUDENT PILOT WAS AT CONTROLS DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND, BUT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH DEER. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM WING AT IMPACT, KILLING THE DEER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER AND A GO-AROUND WAS COMPLETED. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS CONFIRMED BY INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND AND RELAYED TO THE PILOT VIA RADIO. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTACT NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER COORDINATION WITH PNE TOWER AND AIRPORT AUTHORITIES, THE PILOT ELECTED TO REMAIN AIRBORNE TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL. APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AFTER THE IMPACT WITH THE DEER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SAFELY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. AIRPORT CRASH RESCUE WAS AVAILABLE AND IMMEDIATELY HOSED DOWN AIRCRAFT WITH WATER TO PRECLUDE POSSIBILITY OF FIRE. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SKIN SEPARATION TO LEFT AILERON, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP, SKIN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO LEFT FLAP ASSEMBLY, BENT LEFT AILERON AND LEFT FLAP HINGES, WORN TAIL SKID ASSEMBLY AND WARPED INBOARD SKIN PANELS NEAR WING TO FUSELAGE ROOT. EVIDENCE OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED IN AREA WHERE LANDING GEAR ATTACHED TO WING WAS ALSO NOTED. A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED SEVERAL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED. THESE DIRECTIVES PLAYED NO FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AEA-FSDO-17 CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

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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