# Incident 20140802015039I: Cessna 320E, Ormond Beach, FL, August 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2014, 04:19 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320JC-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140802015039I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT A CESSNA 320 DEPARTED FROM DE-KALB PEACHTREE AIRPORT IN ATLANTA, GA AT 0200 LOCAL, ENROUTE TO ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT WITH THREE PASSENGERS, ALL UNINJURED WAS ON BOARD. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AS DIRECTED. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND UPON ROLLOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 60-70MPH, A DEER CROSSED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE LEFT INBOARD SIDE OF THE ENGINE NACELLE/PROPELLER AREA AND THEN WAS PROJECTED INTO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE IN A FORWARD POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP AND AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT EVACUATED ALL PASSENGERS AND THE RUNWAY WAS THEN CLOSED. DURING INVESTIGATION IT APPEARS THE DEER HIT THE TRAILING LINK AND SCISSORS CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD AND DISLODGE AFTER IMPACT TO THE GROUND. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWS THE UPLOCK CENTERING BEAM/ ASSEMBLY SEPARATED AND THE RADOME ALSO BROKE OFF.  FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWS NO DAMAGE TO THE #1 AND #2 ENGINE COWLING, NACELLES OR WINGS BUT SIGNIFICANT CURLING OF THE PROPELLERS. HOWEVER THE #2 ENGINE APPEARS TO HAVE SUSTAINED A POSSIBLE CRANKCASE CRACK DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL ON AND UNDER THE ENGINE. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED.

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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