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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Titusville, FL · December 16, 2010

Date
December 16, 2010 · 19:30 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Space Scoast Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
ECPS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9246F
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
61 total1 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 12/16/2010, at approximately 1930 hours, aircraft N9246F struck two deer on runway 27 during landing rollout. The incident occurred at the Space coast regional airport (tix) in Titusville Florida. The pilot jiyong kim, stated that upon arrival at tix from the south he was cleared to land on runway 27. During landing rolling out, he saw a deer cross the aircraft path from left to right. Soon after the first deer crossed his path, two more deers came into view and crossed very close to the aircraft. Due to the short distance between the aircraft and the deers, he could not avoid colliding with the second and third deer. The collision resulted in damage to the aircraft propeller and left lower engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

ON 12/16/2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS, AIRCRAFT N9246F STRUCK TWO DEER ON RUNWAY 27 DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT (TIX) IN TITUSVILLE FLORIDA. THE PILOT JIYONG KIM, STATED THAT UPON ARRIVAL AT TIX FROM THE SOUTH HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. DURING LANDING ROLLING OUT, HE SAW A DEER CROSS THE AIRCRAFT PATH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. SOON AFTER THE FIRST DEER CROSSED HIS PATH, TWO MORE DEERS CAME INTO VIEW AND CROSSED VERY CLOSE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THE SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE DEERS, HE COULD NOT AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE SECOND AND THIRD DEER. THE COLLISION RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND LEFT LOWER ENGINE COWLING.