# Incident 20170731012249I: Learjet Inc 60, Johns Island, SC, July 31, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2017, 00:42 local time
- Place: Johns Island, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7010° N, 80.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON EXEC (JZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-80.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 60 (registry code 5170707, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW300 series (registry code 52128, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 60
- Reported engine: P & W PW300 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170731012249I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

EVENT: DEER STRIKE

DATE:  7/31/2017

TIME: 00:30 LOCAL

AIRPORT: KJZI

REGISTRATION: N821DF

CALL SIGN: JTL82

FLIGHT RULE: PART 91, IFR FLIGHT PLAN, VFR/NIGHT CONDITIONS

FLIGHT PLAN:  KPDK - KJZI

"DURING OUR NIGHT, VFR LANDING ROLLOUT (RUNWAY 9 DRY CONDITIONS) TWO SMALL DEERS RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY, RIGHT TO LEFT, AND WERE STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT. I, AS THE PIC PF, MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY OFF THE CENTER LINE TO AVOID AN ADDITIONAL 4-7 ANIMALS BEGINNING A DASH ACROSS THE RUNWAY; THAT HERD WAS AVOIDED.  AFTER CLEARING RUNWAY 9 ON INTERSECTION DELTA, AN AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED.  AS WE CONDUCTED A NORMAL TAXI BACK TO THE FBO, THE PNF (RIGHT SEAT) CONTACTED CHARLESTON APPROACH TO CANCEL OUR IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND REPORT THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD COLLIDED WITH DEERS.  HE ALSO ADVISED THAT WE WOULD REPORT BACK TO THEM AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED, SECURED AND POST FLIGHT-ED. WITH THE AIRPLANE SHUTDOWN, I BRIEFED BOTH UNAWARE, UNINJURED PASSENGERS OF THE DEER IMPACT INCIDENT.  WE DEPLANED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AND THEY FOLLOWED ME TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THEY WITNESSED THE DAMAGE TO THE RADOME. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I ESCORTED BOTH PASSENGERS OUT TO THEIR VEHICLE AND RETURNED BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. DURING OUR INSPECTION,  WE (PIC AND SIC) FOUND DAMAGES TO BOTH THE NOSE (RADOME) SECTION AND THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR AREA.  I CONTACTED FC (COMPANY FLIGHT CONTROL) TO REPORT OUR ARRIVAL AND THE DEER INCIDENT.  I TOLD FC THAT EVERYONE WAS OKAY AND THAT I WOULD CALL OUR LOCAL DOM NEXT. THE DOM WAS NOTIFIED THAT NIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.  NEXT, I CALLED CHARLESTON APPROACH TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYONE WAS OKAY AND THAT WE HAD INDEEED STRUCK WILDLIFE.  CHARLESTON AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCH TO INSPECT AND CLEAR THE RUNWAY.  THE NEXT DAY OUR BASE DOM ARRIVED AND A DAMAGE INSPECTION/ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED."

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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