# Accident 20101018051229A: Piper PA-28-161, Titusville, FL, October 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2010, 21:00 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.5089° N, 80.7928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5089&lon=-80.7928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9247V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9247V-2019-09-16) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 669 total, 511 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101018051229A

## Narrative

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

DURING A NIGHT INSTRUCTION CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM (VRB) TO (TIX) MADE A FULL STOP LANDING IN TITUSVILLE, REQUESTING CONTINUED PATTERN WORK AT THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY LANDED ON RUNWAY 9 AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED BACK TO RW9, ON DEPARTURE THE STUDENT BEGAN TO ROTATE, FOR LIFT OFF AS THEY NOTICED AN ANIMAL DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PA-28 AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN EXCHANGED THE CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT AND PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXPEDITE THE CLIMB TO AVOID THE DEER AS IT WAS LATER DETERMINED. THEY STATED TO HEAR A LOUD BANG, HOWEVER ALL INDICATIONS APPEARD NORMAL WITH NO POWER LOSS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS CLIMB & MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES TO DETERMINE IF ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE COULD BE DETECTED. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN UNTIL EMERGENCY VEHICLES COULD ARRIVE. DURING THIS TIME IT APPEARED THE LEFT GEAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND WAS MISSING. THE PLANE WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36. ON FINAL THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, BUT ON GROUND ROLL THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND & DRIFTED FROM THE CENTERLINE ABOUT 30 FEET. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AS ALL CREW MEMBERS EVACUATED THE PLANE. UPON MY INSPECTION FOUND THE LEFT GEAR TORN COMPLETELY FREE FROM THE SPAR CAP, WITH OTHER DAMAGE LIMITED & MINIMAL TO THE WING TIP, STABILATOR UNDERSIDE, LEFT FLAP BUCKLING AND MINOR SCRAPING TO THE UNDERSIDE AILERON.

## 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 ERA11CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA027), Oct 19, 2010: Piper PA28 (N9247V), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a deer during a night takeoff.

## Other reports on N9247V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940707030209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940707030209I), Jul 7, 1994: Piper PA28161 (N9247V), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Wing struck a fence post while taxiing to ramp. Certificate was pending.

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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