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FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3201 · Nashville, TN · June 20, 1997

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Date
June 20, 1997 · 01:15 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Nashville International Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FJTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N931AE
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total3,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N931AERegistration cancelled Jul 26, 1999 · British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201S/N 931Airframe modelBritish Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while accelerating to takeoff on the second of three touch and go's at smyrna airport, smyrna, TN the pilot of a corporate express training flight saw three deer crossing the runway. The pilot rotated abruptly but was unable to gain sufficient altitude to avoid striking the deer. The subsequent impact sheared the right main gear at the pivot hub. The gear remained attached by the actuator. The pilot reported the deer strike to Nashville approach control and the airport prepared for the emergency landing which followed. The pilot remained aloft for approximately an hour and half burning fuel and completing the emergency check lists. The aircraft touched down approximately 500 feet from the approach end of runway 31, the crew shut down and feathered both engines, the right side then came down approximately 1000 feet from the approach end of the runway. The aircraft skidded for approximately 2400 feet and came to rest just right of the center line and in front of taxiway "b". The passenger removed the pilot side overwing exit and evacuated the aircraft during the fire department's foaming process. The two crew members followed after the fire department completed the foaming.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ACCELERATING TO TAKEOFF ON THE SECOND OF THREE TOUCH AND GO'S AT SMYRNA AIRPORT, SMYRNA, TN THE PILOT OF A CORPORATE EXPRESS TRAINING FLIGHT SAW THREE DEER CROSSING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ROTATED ABRUPTLY BUT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO AVOID STRIKING THE DEER. THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACT SHEARED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AT THE PIVOT HUB. THE GEAR REMAINED ATTACHED BY THE ACTUATOR. THE PILOT REPORTED THE DEER STRIKE TO NASHVILLE APPROACH CONTROL AND THE AIRPORT PREPARED FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING WHICH FOLLOWED. THE PILOT REMAINED ALOFT FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND HALF BURNING FUEL AND COMPLETING THE EMERGENCY CHECK LISTS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 31, THE CREW SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES, THE RIGHT SIDE THEN CAME DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2400 FEET AND CAME TO REST JUST RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE AND IN FRONT OF TAXIWAY "B". THE PASSENGER REMOVED THE PILOT SIDE OVERWING EXIT AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FOAMING PROCESS.THE TWO CREW MEMBERS FOLLOWED AFTER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED THE FOAMING.