# Incident 20030929031869I: Stolam RC3, Williamsburg, VA, September 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2003, 20:46 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2392° N, 76.7161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport (JGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2392&lon=-76.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713ET, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713ET) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAM RC3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929031869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER ON RUNWAY DURING NIGHT LANDING. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED FROM AIRCRAFT. LEFT PONTOON BENT 90 DEGREES AT MOUNTING POINT AFTER AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO PILOT ACTION OR LACK OF ACTION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT.

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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