# Incident 20091231052989I: Cessna 310R, French Lick, IN, December 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: French Lick, IN
- Airport: French Lick Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5062° N, 86.6369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH LICK MUNI (FRH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5062&lon=-86.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091231052989I

## Narrative

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

PIC MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER DURING FLARE TO AVOID SEVERAL DEER CROSSING THE RUNWAY, LANDING HARD ON THE L/H MAIN GEAR, CAUSING THE DEFLATION OF THE L/H MAIN TIRE AND THE #1 ENGINE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. PIC STATED HE WAS PRETTY SURE THAT THE AIRPLANE MADE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE DEER AT THAT TIME.AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ITS ROLL OUT, APPROX. 600 FT FROM THE INITIAL TOUCH DOWN SEVERAL MORE DEER WERE CROSSING THE RUNWAY WITH ONE STRIKING THE #2 ENGINE PROPELLER SPINNER AND R/H MAIN GEAR DOOR.THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE L/H MAIN WHEEL IN THE GRASS ON THE L/H SIDE OF RUNWAY 8.

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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