# Incident 19970620019409I: Bag JETSTM3201, Nashville, TN, June 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1997, 01:15 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FJTA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931AE-1999-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500217, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620019409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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