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) PIC was on a pleasure flight and practicing takeoffs and landings at ucp. During takeoff roll at approximately 500 feet down the runway airspeed 50 KTS, three deer ran onto the runway, one struck the left wing and rolled over the wing impacting the empennage at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. Damage to the leading edge of the left wing and substantial damage to the horizontal and vertical stabilizers.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PIC WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT UCP. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AIRSPEED 50 KTS, THREE DEER RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY, ONE STRUCK THE LEFT WING AND ROLLED OVER THE WING IMPACTING THE EMPENNAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.