What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Landed with student pilot on rwy 24, retracted flaps, applied power and accelerated to rotation when deer crossed in front of aircraft too close to react and hit deer with propeller on right side of airplane, lower corner of firewall. Deer dragged under fuselage pulling airplane to the right. Takeoff was aborted and exit the rwy.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WITH STUDENT PILOT ON RWY 24, RETRACTED FLAPS, APPLIED POWER AND ACCELERATED TO ROTATION WHEN DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT TOO CLOSE TO REACT AND HIT DEER WITH PROPELLER ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRPLANE, LOWER CORNER OF FIREWALL. DEER DRAGGED UNDER FUSELAGE PULLING AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND EXIT THE RWY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.