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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/47E · Eureka, SD · May 23, 2022

Date
May 23, 2022 · 20:45 local
Place
Eureka, SD
Airport
Eureka Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
7AMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N911MN
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/47E
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 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.

Pilot landed runway 12 at small rural aiport dispatched to pick up transferee patient back to home base. Landed right at dusk. Clear beautiful evening. Just after touchdown 2 un-seen deer arose from the edge of the runway and ran across in front of the aircraft just as he applied reverse thrust to slow the aircraft per normal standrad procedure. Deer were struck and killed by the prop, right on centerline as the pilot brought aircraft to a stop. Aircraft was shut down and disembarked. Aircraft towed to ramp area for maintenace evaluation. 5 blade composite prop suffered blade damage. No other damage noted at this time.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 12 AT SMALL RURAL AIPORT DISPATCHED TO PICK UP TRANSFEREE PATIENT BACK TO HOME BASE. LANDED RIGHT AT DUSK. CLEAR BEAUTIFUL EVENING. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN 2 UN-SEEN DEER AROSE FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND RAN ACROSS IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT JUST AS HE APPLIED REVERSE THRUST TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT PER NORMAL STANDRAD PROCEDURE. DEER WERE STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE PROP, RIGHT ON CENTERLINE AS THE PILOT BROUGHT AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND DISEMBARKED. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO RAMP AREA FOR MAINTENACE EVALUATION. 5 BLADE COMPOSITE PROP SUFFERED BLADE DAMAGE. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED AT THIS TIME.