# Accident 20120517009199A: Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, Pipe Creek, TX, May 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2012, 13:20 local time
- Place: Pipe Creek, TX
- Airport: Freedom Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7139° N, 98.8600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7139&lon=-98.8600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N625JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N625JS-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10 (registry code 9790517, https://openairdocs.org/model/shiver-james-h-tailwind-w-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHIVER JAMES H TAILWIND W-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120517009199A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/17/2012 WITTMAN TAILWIND N625JS WAS DEPARTING FOR A VFR FLIGHT WHEN A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP, AND STRUCK THE DEER CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO LOSE CONTROL RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, PROPELLER AND LEFT LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN12CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA328), May 17, 2012: Shiver Tailwind W-10 (N625JS), Pipe Creek, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a deer during takeoff and the airplane’s subsequent departure from the runway and impact with a tree.

## Other reports on N625JS (2)

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

- [Accident 20180415007799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180415007799A), Apr 15, 2018: Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10 (N625JS), San Antonio, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On April 15, 2018 at approximately 10:32 CDT, a tailwind (W-10), bearing registration number N625JS, registered to carl e. bray, crashed under unknown…
- [Incident 20040912023839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040912023839I), Sep 12, 2004: Amtr TAILWINDW10 (N625JS), Odem, TX, Minor damage. (-23) During a VFR flight from victoria, Texas to robstown, Texas the aircraft lost power due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot stated that he executed an…

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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