# Incident 20250602009169I: Cessna 208B, Meridianville, AL, June 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Meridianville, AL
- Airport: Madison County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8764° N, 86.5804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meridianville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8764&lon=-86.5804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414CY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414CY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 208B (registry code 2073712, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITTNEY PT-6A-140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,182 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250602009169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED OUT FROM FBO AT TO RUNWAY 18 VIA ALPHA AND ONCE ON RUNWAY 18 BEGAN HIS TAKE OFF ROLL AND UPON ROTATION BEGAN RAISING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT HEARD AND FELT A THUD AND THEN ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND BACK TAXIED ON RUNWAY 18 TO DISCOVER THE REMAINS OF A NORTH AMERICAN WHITE TAIL DEER AND RETURNED TO THE FBO AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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