# Incident 20130419005579I: Piper PA-28-161, Spruce Creek, FL, April 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2013, 10:45 local time
- Place: Spruce Creek, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0802° N, 81.0466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRUCE CREEK (7FL6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0802&lon=-81.0466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47969, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47969) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 110 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130419005579I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/19/2013, AROUND 1045, N47969, A PA-28-161 WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN IT HIT A DEER WITH THE AIRCRAFT RH WING LEADING EDGE AND WHEEL PANT. THE DEER DIED DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENTS OR INJURIES TO SELF. ACCORDINGLY, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND WITNESS STATEMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGES TO THE RH WING LEADING EDGE (DENTED),THE RH WHEEL PANT, RH STRUT FAIRING RH FUEL DRAIN VALVE AND LEAKS UNDER THE RH FUEL TANK AND WRINKLE SKIN AFT OF THE MAIN SPAR. PILOT'S COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT AND DEPARTED TO VENICE, FL. THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD OR INJURIES ON THE GROUND.

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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