# Accident 19991210044789A: Cessna 421C, Gillette, WY, December 10, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Airport: Gillette-Campbell County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 44.4609° N, 105.7008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4609&lon=-105.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3912C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3912C-2018-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 85 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991210044789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C HIT DEER ON LANDING ROLL (.4) DURING LANDING ROLL, AFTER CONDUCTING A VISUAL APPROACH DURING DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A DEER ON THE RUNWAY. NO PREVENTATIVE MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKE BY THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, OTHER THAN LISTING AS AN OBSTRUCTION THE POSSIBILITY OF DEER AND ANTELOPE ON THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN00LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA026), Dec 11, 1999: Cessna 421C (N3912C), Gillette, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collision with a deer on the runway during a night landing. A factor was the dark night.

## Other reports on N3912C (1)

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

- [Incident 19961106041429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961106041429I), Nov 6, 1996: Cessna 421C (N3912C), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Level at FL230 right windshield blew out. Glare shield sun vison sucked out in explosive decompression. Landed.

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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