# Incident 19961230043429I: Beech 9555, Smyrna, TN, December 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N2061U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2061U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961230043429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BNA WITH RADAR VECTOR TO MQY. LANDED MQY RUNWAY 14/32, AT 1814 LOCAL WITH STOP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT HELD FOR A MINUTE AND WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. AT ROTATE SPEED WITH NOSE STARTING TO LIFT OFF A DEER APPEARED IN FRONT OF RIGHT ENGINE. PILOT MADE A RAPID PULL UP AND FELT A THUMP. FOLLOWING THE COLLISION THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ANY ABNORMAL OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO BNA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF RIGHT WING AND SMALL DENT IN RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FILING OF THIS REPORT WILL CLOSE THIS INCIDENT, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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