# Incident 20170113000339I: Beech S35, West Palm Beach, FL, January 13, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2017, 21:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8803M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8803M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 518 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170113000339I

## Narrative

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

N8803M WAS VFR ARRIVING F45 AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, N8803M OBSERVED DEER ON THE RUNWAY AND POWERED BACK UP TO EXECUTE A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER. ON TAKEOFF, HE HIT THE DEER WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND CLIMBED TO 1000FT. HE CALLED PALM BEACH APPROACH AND ADVISED WHAT HAPPENED. N8803M DIVERTED TO PBI TO DO A LOW APPROACH TO OBSERVE THE GEAR. HE WAS TOLD GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO F45 TO LAND. AT 0327Z UPON LANDING RUNWAY 13, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE 4 SOULS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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