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FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Pryor, OK · July 24, 1997

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Date
July 24, 1997 · 23:40 local
Place
Pryor, OK
Airport
Mid American Industrial Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3818V
Reported as
Beech 58P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,491 total1,000 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: I was notified about this incident on July 24, 1997, and I then spoke with joyce roach, NTSB iic. I also spoke with the pilot , Mr. Gerald harris, and the resident mechanic, Mr. Kenneth lamp, who helped recover the aircraft. According to Mr. Harris, he was making a normal VFR approach and landing on runway 35 at mid-america Industrial airport at 11:40 pm on July 23, 1997. During the landing rollout, several deer crossed the runway from west to east, and one of those deer hit the nose of his aircraft and collapsed the nose gear causing both propellers to hit the pavement . He was not injured and neither was his passenger. The deer suffered fatal injuries. I went to inspect the aircraft at mid-america Industrial airport on July 29, 1997, with the assistance of Mr. Ken lamp. Initial impact from the deer was on the left side of the radome. The deer's hindquarters went under the nose and broke the nose gear drag link allowing the nose gear to retract, pinning the deer between that gear and the nose wheel well. There is also damage to the forward fuselage bulkhead at the point of impact of the deer, and at the bottom caused by abrasion from the runway surface. No damage to the nose gear trunnions was noted. Both propellers have all blades curled rearward (idle power). Damage is deemed minor, no structural damage. Notified joyce roach and recommended downgrading from accident to incident,and she agreed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: I WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS INCIDENT ON JULY 24, 1997, AND I THEN SPOKE WITH JOYCE ROACH, NTSB IIC. I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE PILOT , MR. GERALD HARRIS, AND THE RESIDENT MECHANIC, MR. KENNETH LAMP, WHO HELPED RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDING TO MR. HARRIS, HE WAS MAKING A NORMAL VFR APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT MID-AMERICA INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AT 11:40 PM ON JULY 23, 1997. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, SEVERAL DEER CROSSED THE RUNWAY FROM WEST TO EAST, AND ONE OF THOSE DEER HIT THE NOSE OF HIS AIRCRAFT AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING BOTH PROPELLERS TO HIT THE PAVEMENT . HE WAS NOT INJURED AND NEITHER WAS HIS PASSENGER. THE DEER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. I WENT TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AT MID-AMERICA INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT ON JULY 29, 1997, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MR. KEN LAMP. INITIAL IMPACT FROM THE DEER WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RADOME. THE DEER'S HINDQUARTERS WENT UNDER THE NOSE AND BROKE THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT, PINNING THE DEER BETWEEN THAT GEAR AND THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. THERE IS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE BULKHEAD AT THE POINT OF IMPACT OF THE DEER, AND AT THE BOTTOM CAUSED BY ABRASION FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NO DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNIONS WAS NOTED. BOTH PROPELLERS HAVE ALL BLADES CURLED REARWARD (IDLE POWER). DAMAGE IS DEEMED MINOR, NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. NOTIFIED JOYCE ROACH AND RECOMMENDED DOWNGRADING FROM ACCIDENT TO INCIDENT,AND SHE AGREED.