# Incident 19970724019539I: Beech 58P, Pryor, OK, July 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1997, 23:40 local time
- Place: Pryor, OK
- Airport: Mid American Industrial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3084° N, 95.3169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pryor, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3084&lon=-95.3169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3818V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,491 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970724019539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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