# Incident 20201105016999I: Mooney M20R, Pittsfield, MA, November 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, MA
- Airport: Pittsfield Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4276° N, 73.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD MUNI (PSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4276&lon=-73.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N278DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 80 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201105016999I

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26  AT APPROXIMATLEY 17:15 PILOT NOTICED A DEER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. THE PILOT THEN BANKED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED 4 RUNWAY LIGHTS. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COWL, BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING, LEFT FLAP, AND THE LOWER LEFT FUSELAGE.

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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