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Date
April 18, 2002 · 19:35 local
Place
Pittsfield, ME
Airport
Pittsfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8229J
Reported as
Piper PA60600
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total200 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) After completing cargo flights, commercial pilot was returning to home base on an IFR flight plan. He cancelled IFR during approach to a visual landing at dusk. A herd of deer was on the airport. The pilot saw them too late to go around and struck and killed two of them with then nose and right propeller of the Aerostar.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AFTER COMPLETING CARGO FLIGHTS, COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HOME BASE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. HE CANCELLED IFR DURING APPROACH TO A VISUAL LANDING AT DUSK. A HERD OF DEER WAS ON THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SAW THEM TOO LATE TO GO AROUND AND STRUCK AND KILLED TWO OF THEM WITH THEN NOSE AND RIGHT PROPELLER OF THE AEROSTAR.