# Accident 20020121007949A: Piper PA32300, Falls City, NE, January 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2002, 21:30 local time
- Place: Falls City, NE
- Airport: Brenner Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0788° N, 95.5920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRENNER FLD (FNB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0788&lon=-95.5920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56729, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56729-2007-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020121007949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS N56729 TOUCHED DOWN DURING A NIGHT LANDING AT FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA (FNB), A DEER RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT WING, AT THE MID POINT OF THE WING, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO RUPTURE. INITIAL INSPECTION OF WING SPAR INDICATED NO DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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