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FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Port Orchard, WA · July 7, 2001

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Date
July 7, 2001 · 10:30 local
Place
Port Orchard, WA
Airport
Vaughans Ranch Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N7994P
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA01LA129
Reported as
Piper PA24250
N7994PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3235Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On July 7, 2001, approximately 1030 pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-34-250, N7994, being flown by private pilot stephen w. love was substantially damaged during an on-ground collision with a small hillside with bushes and small trees. Mr. Love was on landing roll at vaughan ranch airfield, a small grass airstrip with trees on both sides. According to witness statement sand Mr. Love, himself, Mr. Love spotted a deer on the landing strip on landing roll, he swerved to the left to miss the animal, the aircraft left wing struck a small hill on the left of the landing strip and spun the aircraft counter clockwise 180 degrees. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Proptip damage. Nose landing gear damage. Nose landing gear bent, strut twisted. Engine mounting from fire wall buckled. Fire wall pushed in. Compression failure aft of the fire wall, fwd of cockpit. Right wing sever buckling. Right flap and aileron damaged. Right landing gear drag link snapped. Fuselage aft of wings buckled and pushed to left. Stabilizer right side sented. Tail hook area damaged. Left wing tip scrape damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1030 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-250, N7994, BEING FLOWN BY PRIVATE PILOT STEPHEN W. LOVE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN ON-GROUND COLLISION WITH A SMALL HILLSIDE WITH BUSHES AND SMALL TREES. MR. LOVE WAS ON LANDING ROLL AT VAUGHAN RANCH AIRFIELD, A SMALL GRASS AIRSTRIP WITH TREES ON BOTH SIDES. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENT SAND MR. LOVE, HIMSELF, MR. LOVE SPOTTED A DEER ON THE LANDING STRIP ON LANDING ROLL, HE SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO MISS THE ANIMAL, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK A SMALL HILL ON THE LEFT OF THE LANDING STRIP AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT COUNTER CLOCKWISE 180 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PROPTIP DAMAGE. NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. NOSE LANDING GEAR BENT, STRUT TWISTED. ENGINE MOUNTING FROM FIRE WALL BUCKLED. FIRE WALL PUSHED IN. COMPRESSION FAILURE AFT OF THE FIRE WALL, FWD OF COCKPIT. RIGHT WING SEVER BUCKLING. RIGHT FLAP AND AILERON DAMAGED. RIGHT LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK SNAPPED. FUSELAGE AFT OF WINGS BUCKLED AND PUSHED TO LEFT. STABILIZER RIGHT SIDE SENTED. TAIL HOOK AREA DAMAGED. LEFT WING TIP SCRAPE DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA01LA129Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFragaria, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate directional control. Contributing factors were the embankment and the deer.Jul 7, 2001 · Substantial damage