# Incident 20010928026659I: Mooney M20C, Minot, ND, September 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2001, 01:30 local time
- Place: Minot, ND
- Airport: Minot International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2576° N, 101.2780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINOT INTL (MOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2576&lon=-101.2780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5539Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5539Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 230 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010928026659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT THE COMPLETION OF A FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, DURING A LANDING AT NIGHT, A DEER RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE DEER STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT IN THE COWLING OF THE ENGINE AS WELL AS THE PROPELLER. THE COWLING RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS DID THE PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, OTHER THAN TO THE ANIMAL, WHICH DIED. THE PILOT REPORTED NOT SEEING THE DEER UNTIL IT RAN INTO HER AIRCRAFT FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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