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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Cadiz, KY · July 12, 2013

Date
July 12, 2013 · 20:38 local
Place
Cadiz, KY
Airport
Lake Barkley State Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72100
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,950 total2,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Landed 27 minutes after sunset. Runway lights were on. During landing rollout, while holding nosewheel off the runway for aerodynamic braking, pilot felt the aircraft impact something and the taxi light went out. All flight controls, engine controls, and brakes were still operational. Pilot taxied to ramp, shut down, and inspected aircraft. He found the remains of a deer scattered all over the front of the aircraft and the leading edges of the wings. One blade of the prop was bent about ten degrees and the taxi light was broken. Additionally, there were dents in the engine nose cowling. The pilot, sole occupant, was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED 27 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET. RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE ON. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, WHILE HOLDING NOSEWHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY FOR AERODYNAMIC BRAKING, PILOT FELT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT SOMETHING AND THE TAXI LIGHT WENT OUT. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS, ENGINE CONTROLS, AND BRAKES WERE STILL OPERATIONAL. PILOT TAXIED TO RAMP, SHUT DOWN, AND INSPECTED AIRCRAFT. HE FOUND THE REMAINS OF A DEER SCATTERED ALL OVER THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS. ONE BLADE OF THE PROP WAS BENT ABOUT TEN DEGREES AND THE TAXI LIGHT WAS BROKEN. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE DENTS IN THE ENGINE NOSE COWLING. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED.