# Accident 20240620008049A: Piper PA-28-180, Crete, NE, June 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Airport: Crete Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6184° N, 96.9257° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6184&lon=-96.9257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32426, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240620008049A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS FOR NIGHT CURRENCY. DURING ONE OF THE TOUCH AND GO SEQUENCES A DEER RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY AND WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND HAD APPLIED POWER TO TAKE OFF. SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER APPLYING POWER THE DEER RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO BE AVOIDED. THE DEER WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGING THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE FIREWALL, RIGHT-WING LEADING-EDGE APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES LONG AND CREATED SEVERAL GOLF BALL SIZED DENTS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT WITH THE DEER AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA235), Jun 21, 2024: Piper PA-28-180 (N32426), Crete, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during a touch-and-go landing.

## Other reports on N32426 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070317004899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317004899I), Mar 17, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N32426), Gibsonton, FL. (-23) On March 27, 2007, at approximately 1015 EST, a Piper archer, PA-28-180, N32426, serial number 28-7505059, landed in an open field in Gibsonton, Florida…

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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