20060729019639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Wadena, MN · July 29, 2006

Date: July 29, 2006 · 20:00 local
Place: Wadena, MN
Airport: Wadena Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5032T
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total150 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N5032TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7225325 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 departed from staples, MN enroute to fergus falls, MN with a fuel stop in Wadena, MN. After touch down at the Wadena airport three deer, a doe and two fawns attempted to cross the runway in front of the aircraft. The aircraft struck the two fawns sustaining very minor damage to the aircraft exhaust pipe and the battery vent drain tubes and the starboard side footstep. The two fawns were killed. Pilot was not injured. Pilot maintained control of the aircraft and taxied safely off of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM STAPLES, MN ENROUTE TO FERGUS FALLS, MN WITH A FUEL STOP IN WADENA, MN. AFTER TOUCH DOWN AT THE WADENA AIRPORT THREE DEER, A DOE AND TWO FAWNS ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TWO FAWNS SUSTAINING VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXHAUST PIPE AND THE BATTERY VENT DRAIN TUBES AND THE STARBOARD SIDE FOOTSTEP. THE TWO FAWNS WERE KILLED. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED SAFELY OFF OF THE RUNWAY.