# Accident 20161025023229A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Lititz, PA, October 25, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2016, 07:10 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: O3TA
- Location: 40.1258° N, 76.2853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1258&lon=-76.2853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,893 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161025023229A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KLOM IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS JUST BEFORE DAWN. JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT  REACHED ROTATE SPEED THE PILOT NOTICED TWO DEER AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AGRESSIVELY ROTATED AND FELT A THUMP FROM THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AREA. ALL GEAR INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO KLNS AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE LOW APPROACHES TO CONFIRM THE CONDITION OF THE LANDING GEAR, AND CONFIRMED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS MISSING. THE PILOT MANUALLY RETRACTED THE REMAINING LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED HIS CHECKLISTS FOR THE LANDING. AT ONE HALF MILE THE PILOT FEATHERED THE PROPS AND CUT OFF THE FUEL. THE RESULTING LANDING CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT, ONE PROP BLADE AND THE LEFT FLAP.

## 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 GAA17CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA074), Oct 25, 2016: Raytheon 58 (N600RV), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A collision with deer on the runway during the takeoff roll.

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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