# Incident 20100610036659I: Piper PA-44-180, Frederick, MD, June 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LC1S
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79NA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79NA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100610036659I

## Narrative

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

06/10/10THE MECHANIC FOR FREDERICK FLIGHT SCHOOL CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THEIR MULTI ENGINE TRAINING  AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER WHILE ON TAKE-OFF . INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT WHILE ON TAKE-OFF ROLL 2 DEER RAN INTO THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT.THE SMALLER OF THE 2 DEER WAS STRUCK BY THE LEFT PROP. I TALKED WITH THE MECHANIC IN REFERENCE TO THE AD 2004-10-14 ABOUT PROP STRIKES AND HE WOULD TALK TO THE INSTRUCTOR ABOUT THE ENGINEABOUT ENGINE INDICATIONS WHEN THE DEER WAS STRUCK.06/14/10WENT TO FREDERICK AVIATION TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS SOME BLOOD ON THE COLWING AND HAIR AND BLOOD ON THE LEFT PROP. THE MECHANIC TALKED WITH THE INSTRUCTOR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD A DROP IN RPM TWICE DURING THIS INDIDENT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED AND OVERHAULED AND THE PROP WAS GOING OUT FOR OVERHAUL.

## Other reports on N79NA (1)

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

- [Incident 20101024049529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101024049529I), Oct 24, 2010: Piper PA-44-180 (N79NA), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. 10/26/10INSPECTOR [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] went to Frederick flight center to meet with [privacy data omitted], the flight school…

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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