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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2B35 · Beaver Island, MI · August 29, 2005

Date: August 29, 2005
Place: Beaver Island, MI
Airport: Beaver Island Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: NF8A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N912NF
Reported as: Mtsbsi MU2B35
Reported engine: Garrett TPE331*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,150 total1,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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 struck a deer while landing at Beaver Island Airport, MI (sjx). Pilot made a go around and landed on runway 270. Upon landing the left main wheel turned sideways and the aircraft skidded to the south end of runway some 150 feet before coming to a full stop. Damage to the left landing gear was minor (bent clevis rod with broken attachment). There were no injuries to the two passengers or pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DEER WHILE LANDING AT BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT, MI (SJX). PILOT MADE A GO AROUND AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 270. UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY SOME 150 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP. DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS MINOR (BENT CLEVIS ROD WITH BROKEN ATTACHMENT). THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PASSENGERS OR PILOT.