# Incident 20001009037899I: Cessna 414A, Caldwell, NJ, October 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2000, 22:56 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 220 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001009037899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING 3 DEER CROSSED RUNWAY. AIRPLANE HIT AND KILLED MIDDLE DEER. AIRCRAFT GOING SLOW AND ENGINES WERE AT AN IDLE. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO PROP, ENGINE DID NOT STOP.

## Other reports on N78DG (1)

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

- [Incident 20230831021929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230831021929I), Aug 31, 2023: Cessna 414A (N78DG), Wall Township, NJ, Minor damage. Upon landing on runway 32 at blm the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway onto the grass. The pilot had no directional control due to failed parts…

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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