# Accident 20080616838939A: Alon A2, Sandpoint, ID, June 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2008, 21:45 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Sandpoint
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2994° N, 116.5603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2994&lon=-116.5603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1018S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1018S-2009-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALON A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080616838939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 9:00 PM PDT THE PIC OF N1018S AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED RUNWAY 1 FROM KSZT FOR A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WINDS CALM.  UPON RETURNING TO KSZT AT 9:30 PM PDT AND LANDING THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A FEW TOUCH AND GOES WITH TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 1.  ON HIS SECOND TOUCH AND GO AT APPROXIMATELY ROTATION SPEED 60-70 A DEER APPEARED FROM THE RIGHT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT WING VEERING THE AIRCRAFT 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT FELT LIKE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOATING OR ENTERED GROUND EFFECT FOR A SHORT TIME MAYBE 15 FEET AND THEN SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH RUDDERS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT CROSSING THE TAXIWAY AND THEN IMPACTING THE EASTSIDE AIRPORT FENCE.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE FENCE FIRST SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE CHAIN LINK FENCE FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING IMPACTING A FENCE POST CAUSING THE LEFT WING, LEFT FUEL TANK AND FUSELAGE TO TEAR OPEN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA186), Jun 17, 2008: Alon A2 (N1018S), Sandpoint, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane struck a deer on the runway while performing touch-and-go landings. Contributing to the accident was the dusk light condition.

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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