# Incident 20220523004229I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Eureka, SD, May 23, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2022, 20:45 local time
- Place: Eureka, SD
- Airport: Eureka Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 7AMA
- Location: 45.8000° N, 99.6427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EUREKA MUNI (3W8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8000&lon=-99.6427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911MN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47E (registry code 7090553, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P (registry code 52292, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220523004229I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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