# Incident 20020418007349I: Piper PA60600, Pittsfield, ME, April 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2002, 19:35 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, ME
- Airport: Pittsfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7685° N, 69.3744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD MUNI (2B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7685&lon=-69.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8229J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020418007349I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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