# Incident 20191014014279I: Piper PA-28R-200, Berrian Springs, MI, October 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2019, 23:37 local time
- Place: Berrian Springs, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LW5S
- Location: 41.9473° N, 86.3402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berrien Springs, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9473&lon=-86.3402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404SE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191014014279I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 15, 2019 AT 2337 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28R-200 AIRCRAFT, N404SE, REGISTERED TO A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION (CFR) PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT RATED STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A DEER STRIKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT SOUTH HAVEN REGIONAL AIRPORT (LWA), SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN. NIGHT TIME VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 (CFR) PART 141 WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE PILOT, INSTRUCTOR, AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AIRPARK (C20), BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN.

ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 23 AT SOUTH HAVEN AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, JUST SHORT OF TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR HEARD A LARGE BANG AGAINST THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THIS SOUNDED AS IF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR HAD TOUCHED EARLY ON LANDING.  FOLLOWING IMPACT THE PILOT APPLIED POWER TO REGAIN ALTITUDE AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES IT WAS FOUND THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT SHOW A SAFE INDICATION AND IT WAS DECIDED TO RETURN TO ANDREWS AIRPARK FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. LOCAL FIRE AND MEDICAL WERE PLACED ON STANDBY AT THE AIRPORT. DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR STILL SHOWED AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND DID NOT DEPLOY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ONLY THE MAIN GEAR DOWN COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE PILOT, INSTRUCTOR, AND REAR SEAT PASSENGER EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UNAIDED.

IT WAS LATER DETERMINED BY EVIDENCE, THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK A DEER ON THE RUNWAY AT SOUTH HAVEN DAMAGING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO THE POINT IT WOULD NO LONGER DEPLOY.

## Other reports on N404SE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100906045699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906045699A), Sep 6, 2010: Piper PA-28R-200 (N404SE), Berrien Springs, MI, Substantial damage. Upon landing from a instructional flight, CFI initiated a simulated engine out @ 4500' MSL in which the student started a spiraling descent to runway 13 with…

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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