# Incident 20230919016989I: Funk Kevin M.D. COZY MARK 4, Welaka, FL, September 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2023, 22:00 local time
- Place: Welaka, FL
- Airport: Mount Royal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4361° N, 81.6567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT ROYAL (3FL0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4361&lon=-81.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N871F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Funk Kevin M.D. COZY MARK 4 (registry code 05607QQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-kevin-m-d-cozy-mark-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUNK KEVIN M.D. COZY MARK 4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230919016989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING AT 3FL0 AIR PARK AT NIGHT WHEN IT HIT A DEER BY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT WERE:

1. LEFT MAIN GEAR FAIRING AND

2. FEW STRESS MARKS ON THE FUSELAGE AT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AREA.

BLOCK 31-J - UNK DUE TO PILOT NOT RELEASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS, UPON RELEASE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMMENDED.

## Other reports on N871F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000715035699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715035699I), Jul 15, 2000: Amtr COZYMARK4 (N871F), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. (-23)On July 15, 2000, at approximately 1520 CDT local time, N871F, a cozy mark iv, an experimental amateur build aircraft, during landing roll on runway 17R…

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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