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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Refugio, TX · August 4, 2005

Date
August 4, 2005 · 20:50 local
Place
Refugio, TX
Airport
Rooke Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N605JE
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
69,000 total2,000 in this make and model

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) Aircraft was on night VFR with flight following from mcallen (mfe) to Refugio (rfg) for servicing. On landing, the aircraft struck a deer on the runway centerline in the touchdown zone approximately 1000 feet from the approach end. The nose gear was weakened by the impact and eventually collapsed as the aircraft came to a full stop. There were no injuries, no fire. Aircraft damage included nose gear, bent propellers and sheet metal scrapes on the nose gear doors. Aircraft skin damage is superficial and no involvement with the ribs or stringers in the aircraft frame.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON NIGHT VFR WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM MCALLEN (MFE) TO REFUGIO (RFG) FOR SERVICING. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DEER ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. THE NOSE GEAR WAS WEAKENED BY THE IMPACT AND EVENTUALLY COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO FIRE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED NOSE GEAR, BENT PROPELLERS AND SHEET METAL SCRAPES ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. AIRCRAFT SKIN DAMAGE IS SUPERFICIAL AND NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE RIBS OR STRINGERS IN THE AIRCRAFT FRAME.