# Accident 20080920848619A: Mooney M20S, New Castle, PA, September 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2184N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2184N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20S (registry code 5870226, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 543 total, 205 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080920848619A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA08CA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA198), Sep 20, 2008: Mooney M20S (N2184N), New Castle, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The on-ground collision with a deer during the takeoff roll. A contributing factor in the accident was the failure to completely secure the airport perimeter.

## Other reports on N2184N (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030227005889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030227005889I), Feb 27, 2003: Mooney M20S (N2184N), Antigo, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On 27 February 2003, at 1950 CDT, at Antigo, WI, a Mooney 20-S, N2184N flown by mark a. woods, made an approach to runway 34 and landed gear up. The…
- [Accident 20010101038139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010101038139A), Jan 1, 2001: Mooney M20S (N2184N), Port Huron, MI, No damage. (-23) N2184N, Mooney 20S, landed at the st. Clair county airport, Port Huron, Michigan on runway 04 at 011735Z and went off the right side of the runway and…

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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