# Incident 20050804019819I: Cessna 421B, Refugio, TX, August 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2005, 20:50 local time
- Place: Refugio, TX
- Airport: Rooke Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2958° N, 97.3260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROOKE FLD (RFG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2958&lon=-97.3260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605JE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605JE-2006-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804019819I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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