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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Tazwell, TN · September 14, 2025

Date
September 14, 2025 · 16:00 local
Place
Tazwell, TN
Airport
New Tazewell Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N310PL
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,035 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck deer that ran onto runway during takeoff roll. The deer came from a low drainage ditch between the runway 07 and the taxiway to the left of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER THAT RAN ONTO RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. THE DEER CAME FROM A LOW DRAINAGE DITCH BETWEEN THE RUNWAY 07 AND THE TAXIWAY TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT.