# Accident 20090228004239A: Piper PA20, Lawrenceville, PA, February 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, PA
- Airport: Canaan'S Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9961° N, 77.1304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrenceville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9961&lon=-77.1304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2213A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2213A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090228004239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 THE PIC STATED THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PIC STATED HE SAW A DEER RUN ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  HE WAS NOT SURE IF HE CONTACTED THE DEER BUT INITATED A HARD RUDDER INPUT TO AVOID THE DEER AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: WINDSHIELD SHATTERED, PROP BENT SLIGHTLY (BOTH BLADES), WING LEADING EDGE AND TIP DAMAGE, LEFT WING TWISTED, RUDDER CAP DAMAGE, LEFT WING LIFT STRUTS BENT AND DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.  THE OWNER STATED BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE COST OF REPAIR HE WAS CURRENTLY NOT SURE IF HE WOULD REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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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