# Incident 19991112031609I: Piper PA44180, Uvalde, TX, November 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1999, 22:00 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2113° N, 99.7436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARNER FLD (UVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2113&lon=-99.7436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,284 total, 39 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991112031609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT AS AIRCRAFT WAS ON TAKE-OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 15/33 THREE DEER RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY OVER THE DEER BUT COULD NOT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO OR ALL THREE OF THE DEER.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF, THE LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE, LEFT NACELLE, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND FLAP TRAILING EDGE, FLAP TRACK, LEFT PROPELLER AND ENGINE.  THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGE TO BULKHEADS OR SPARS.

## Other reports on N331GP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100420032629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100420032629A), Apr 20, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N331GP), Toole, UT, Substantial damage. Flight instructor stated that after a touch and go, the student throttled up both engines and over the departure end of the runway numbers the left engine went…

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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