# Accident 20071008022199A: Cessna T210L, Festus, MO, October 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2007, 02:15 local time
- Place: Festus, MO
- Airport: Festus Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1949° N, 90.3854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Festus Memorial Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1949&lon=-90.3854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100GK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100GK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 320 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071008022199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED ON OCTOBER 8, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 AM LOCAL, HE WAS RETURNING TO THE FESTUS AIRPORT (KFES) FROM A PERSONAL TRIP. UPON MAKING HIS APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36, HE OBSERVED A DEER RUN ONTO THE RUNWAY AND DIRECTLY IN HIS LANDING PATH. HE ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID STRIKING THE DEER BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ATTACH POINT TO THE AIRFRAME AFTER STRIKING THE DEER. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY BENDING THE PROPELLER BLADES AFT RESULTING IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INDICATIONS THAT THE METAL SKIN LANDING GEAR DOORS CONTACTED AN OBJECT. THE NOSE WHEEL, GEAR DOORS, AND UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPARENT DEER FUR IN NUMEROUS AREAS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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