# Accident 20160609009279A: Piper PA-32-300, Lincoln Park, NJ, June 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2016, 17:52 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9475° N, 74.3144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9475&lon=-74.3144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31396, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31396) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,497 total, 1,870 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160609009279A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS RECEIVING AN INSTRUMENT PROFICIENCY CHECK. AT THE END OF THE PROFICIENCY CHECK THEY WERE RETURNING TO N07 FROM MJX ON A VFR FLIGHT. ON APPROACH TO RWY 01 AT 5 PM. THE PILOT STATED HIS VISUAL FOCUS WAS ON RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND CENTER LINE THE LEFT WING WAS DOWN AND SOME RIGHT RUDDER WAS INPUT. SUDDENLY THE INSTRUCTOR GRABBED THE YOKE AND PULLED UP THAT IS WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD THUMP.

THE PILOT NEVER SAW THE DEER .

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED HE HAD NOTICED THE DEER SUDDENLY RISE UP FROM THE GRASSY AREA TO THE RIGHT OF RWY 01 WHERE IT HAD GONE UNNOTICED LAYING DOWN. WHEN THE DEER RAISED UP AND STARTED TOWARD THE RUNWAY HE GRABBED THE YOKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY OVER THE DEER.

THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES EXCEPT FOR THE DEER WHICH WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 GAA16CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA314), Jun 9, 2016: Piper PA 32 (N31396), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane struck a deer during the landing flare resulting in substantial damage.

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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