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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Syracuse V F/Syracuse C D KITFOX · Gravette, AR · November 28, 2021

Date
November 28, 2021 · 15:00 local
Place
Gravette, AR
Airport
Gravette
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N34VC
Reported as
Syracuse V F/Syracuse C D Kitfox
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total

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.

On 11/28/2021, N34VC, Kitfox experimental airplane, was landing at "Gravette field airport" in Arkansas (AR09). The pilot crossed midfield

And checked runway conditions, which were good, before making a left traffic pattern.

During the rollout a herd of seven deer jumped the fence and entered the runway, crossing in front of the aircraft. Airmen tried to complete the rollout but two deer stopped to the left, when the aircraft was close, they then lunged into the airplanes path. Brakes were applied harder and the aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ON 11/28/2021, N34VC, KITFOX EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, WAS LANDING AT "GRAVETTE FIELD AIRPORT" IN ARKANSAS (AR09). THE PILOT CROSSED MIDFIELD

AND CHECKED RUNWAY CONDITIONS, WHICH WERE GOOD, BEFORE MAKING A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN.

DURING THE ROLLOUT A HERD OF SEVEN DEER JUMPED THE FENCE AND ENTERED THE RUNWAY, CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRMEN TRIED TO COMPLETE THE ROLLOUT BUT TWO DEER STOPPED TO THE LEFT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE, THEY THEN LUNGED INTO THE AIRPLANES PATH. BRAKES WERE APPLIED HARDER AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.