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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eclipse EA500 · Lexington, NC · November 4, 2015

Date
November 4, 2015 · 16:40 local
Place
Lexington, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N160FF
Reported as
Eclipse EA500
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,883 total

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.

Aircraft struck deer just after touchdown. The main wheels were on the ground and the nose of the aircraft had just touched down the PIC noticed a brown flash in front of the aircraft passing from the right to the left. The deer missed the front of the aircraft and struck the outboard portion of the left flap.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE MAIN WHEELS WERE ON THE GROUND AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST TOUCHED DOWN THE PIC NOTICED A BROWN FLASH IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT PASSING FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. THE DEER MISSED THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE LEFT FLAP.