# Incident 20101216053009I: Piper PA-28-161, Titusville, FL, December 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2010, 19:30 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Scoast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECPS
- Location: 28.5729° N, 80.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5729&lon=-80.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9246F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9246F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 1 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101216053009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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