# Incident 20230618006259I: Engineering & Research 415-D, Edwardsburg, MI, June 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2023, 20:40 local time
- Place: Edwardsburg, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7954° N, 86.0835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edwardsburg, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7954&lon=-86.0835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99672, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99672) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Engineering & Research 415-D (registry code 0420306, https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 415-D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230618006259I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 18, 2023, AT 20:40 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A 1946 ERCOUPE 415 AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT FOR PERSONAL USE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN ITS PROPELLER, AND LOWER NOSE COWLING STRUCK A DEER WHILE ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRFIELD NAMED DUCKS PASTURE (41.79301N/85.98819W) IN EDWARDSBURG, MICHIGAN.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH 1O MILES OF VISIBILITY PREVAILED AT TIME OF INCIDENT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE HAZY, 74 DEGREES, WITH A DEW POINT OF 54, AND CALM WINDS.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING SOUTH ON A 2500' PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN A DEER RAN FROM WEST TTPO EAST IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING ROLLOUT FOLLOWING A LANDING.  THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT APROXIAMTELY 25 KNOTS.  THE DEER HIT THE PROLLER OF THE IDILING ENGINE, LOWER ENGINE COWL, AND THE NOSE LADING GEAR. THE ENGINE STOPPED AS A RESULT OF THE PROPPELER STRIKE.  THE LOWER COWL WAS DENTED AND CRACKED FROM THE IMPACT. THERE WAS NO DECELERATION FELT FROM THE COLLISION, JUST THE SOUND OF A THUMP AS THE DEER MADE CONTACT. NO OTHER DAMAGED WAS OBSERVED.

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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