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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 31 · St Augustine, FL · August 13, 2008

Date: August 13, 2008 · 20:50 local
Place: St Augustine, FL
Airport: St Augustine
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: E7LA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93SK
Reported as: Lear 31
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,472 total1,305 in this make and model132 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) During landing the landing rollout on runway 31 at st. Augustine, airport the crew noticed 4 deer on the right side of the runway. As they approached the deer during the rollout the deer darted across the runway and one deer struck the right main wheel. There were no mention of deer on the sgj ATIS report, nor did the st. Augustine tower inform the flight crew that there had been deer near the runway that evening. The damage to the aircraft was: 1. Right hand main gear door hinges and linkage separted from the aircraft. 2. Landing light assembly crushed. 3. #4 tire had gouged rubber damage. 4. Right hand bell crank and linkage damaged. 5. Left hand flap has damage to outboard trailing edge.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 31 AT ST. AUGUSTINE, AIRPORT THE CREW NOTICED 4 DEER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THEY APPROACHED THE DEER DURING THE ROLLOUT THE DEER DARTED ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND ONE DEER STRUCK THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL. THERE WERE NO MENTION OF DEER ON THE SGJ ATIS REPORT, NOR DID THE ST. AUGUSTINE TOWER INFORM THE FLIGHT CREW THAT THERE HAD BEEN DEER NEAR THE RUNWAY THAT EVENING. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS: 1. RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR DOOR HINGES AND LINKAGE SEPARTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. 2. LANDING LIGHT ASSEMBLY CRUSHED. 3. #4 TIRE HAD GOUGED RUBBER DAMAGE. 4. RIGHT HAND BELL CRANK AND LINKAGE DAMAGED. 5. LEFT HAND FLAP HAS DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE.