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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Paoli, IN · September 28, 2021

Date: September 28, 2021 · 20:15 local
Place: Paoli, IN
Airport: Paoli Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2616N
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,500 total

N2616NRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2023 · Cessna 414AS/N 414A0265 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 414A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Just after the main gear touched down, while in a nose high attitude, a deer crossed the runway right to left, striking the aircraft nose landing gear. The entire gear assembly was removed by the impact. The pilot maintained a landing attitude as long as possible, before the nose settled and came into contact with the runway. Both propellers struck the pavement despite the pilot?s attempt to stop prop rotation.

As the FAA filed it

JUST AFTER THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, WHILE IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, A DEER CROSSED THE RUNWAY RIGHT TO LEFT, STRIKING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE ENTIRE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED BY THE IMPACT. THE PILOT MAINTAINED A LANDING ATTITUDE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, BEFORE THE NOSE SETTLED AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE PAVEMENT DESPITE THE PILOT?S ATTEMPT TO STOP PROP ROTATION.