# Accident 20020117001669A: Piper PA28151, Bessemer, AL, January 17, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 17, 2002, 08:30 local time - Place: Bessemer, AL - Airport: Bessemer Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3139° N, 86.9319° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3139&lon=-86.9319&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6910F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6910F-2014-02-28) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151 - Reported engine: LYC O320E3D - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 188 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA040) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020117001669A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AT THE BESSEMER AIRPORT (EKY). UPON TOUCHDOWN DURING LANDING PRACTICE, INSTRUCTOR HEARD STUDENT YELL "DEER", AT SAME TIME HEARD AND FELT IMPACT ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO RIGHT, AND CAME TO STOP PARTIALLY OFF RUNWAY. CREW DETERMINED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK DEER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE AND AILERON OF RIGHT WING STRUCTURE. (.19) ON JANUARY 17, 2002, AT 0830 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-151, N6910F, OPERATED BESSEMER AVIATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, COLLIDED WITH A DEER, DURING A LANDING ROLL AT BESSEMER AIRPORT, BESSEMER, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM BESSEMER, ALABAMA, AT 0815. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 23, A DEER RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT STATED, THAT BEFORE HE COULD REACT, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE DEER ON THE LEADIN G EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. (.4) ON JANUARY 17, 2002, AT 0830 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-151, N6910F, REGISTERED TO C&S AVIATION INC. AND OPERATED BESSEMER AVIATION UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, COLLIDED WITH A DEER, DURING A LANDING ROLL AT BESSEMER AIRPORT, BESSEMER, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM BESSEMER, ALABAMA, AT 0815. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHILE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 23 AT BESSEMER AIRPORT, HE HEARD HIS STUDENT YELL OUT "DEER". AT THIS TIME HE FELT A IMPACT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP PARTIALLY OFF THE RUNWAY. THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT DETERMINED THAT THEY HAD STUCK THE DEER THAT RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED, A ONE FOOT DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING AND BUCKLING OF THE RIGHT AILERON. THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTS OF DEER ACTIVITY PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. ## 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 ATL02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA040), Jan 17, 2002: Piper PA-28-151 (N6910F), Bessemer, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: On ground collision with an animal during landing. ## Other reports on N6910F (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19961023040949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961023040949I), Oct 23, 1996: Piper PA28151 (N6910F), Valdosta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft PA-28-151 (N6910F) operated by pilot juan stewart (comm. 421117075) made an emergency landing at vld without position lights without… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.