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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Raytheon 58 · Pottstown, PA · September 8, 2016

Date
September 8, 2016 · 02:00 local
Place
Pottstown, PA
Airport
Heritage Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
Q5QA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N910SA
Reported as
Raytheon 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,772 total674 in this make and model285 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.

Aircraft struck a deer immediately upon landing. Pilot was able to control the aircraft to a full stop on the runway.

Impact was localized to right landing gear strut, wheel assembly, and outboard gear door.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DEER IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

IMPACT WAS LOCALIZED TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT, WHEEL ASSEMBLY, AND OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR.