# Accident 20030705017679A: Cessna T210M, Schafer, MT, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: Schafer, MT
- Airport: Schafer/Usfs/Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0794° N, 113.2447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0794&lon=-113.2447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761QN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705017679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES A DEER RAN INTO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER UPON HIS LANDING AT SCHAFER MEADOWS, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. PILOT WENT AROUND AND CONTINUED TO MISSOULA.

## 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 SEA03LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA130), Jul 5, 2003: Cessna T210M (N761QN), Essex, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unexpected transit of a deer across the runway which impacted the aircraft during the pilot's aborted landing.

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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