# Incident 20251102015879I: Piper PA-28-181, Rochester, NH, November 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2025, 21:30 local time
- Place: Rochester, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3045° N, 70.9756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3045&lon=-70.9756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4167L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4167L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251102015879I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 33 THE PIC OBSERVED MANY DEER MOVING LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A SINGLE DEER RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT.  TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED.  THE FOLLOWING MORNING A DEER CARCASS WAS LOCATED ON THE AIRFIELD WITH DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A PROP STRIKE.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLINGS, HOWEVER THE PROP STRIKE NECESSITATED A FERRY PERMIT AND AN ENGINE INTERNAL INSPECTION.

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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