# Incident 19961013042719I: Piper PA32R301, Smyrna, TN, October 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1996, 22:00 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961013042719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A HERD OF DEER RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY AS HE WAS LANDING. AT LEAST ONE DEER WAS HIT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOOR AND FLAPS.

## Other reports on N45FW (1)

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

- [Incident 20230220020539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230220020539I), Feb 20, 2023: Piper PA-32R-301 (N45FW), Linden, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft was departing runway 27, a 4,140 ft. runway, at Linden Airport (kldj). The pilot reported that “after rotation at about 10-15 feet above ground level,…

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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