# Incident 20251107019959I: Piper PA-28-140, Palm Coast, FL, November 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2025, 22:40 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler Exec
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15768, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15768) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251107019959I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 07, 2025 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (GNV) WITH IT'S FINAL DESTINATION OF FLAGLER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT(FIN). THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 2340 (11:40 PM) WHEN LANDING ON RUNWAY 11 (FIN) DURING THE FLARE A DEER UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO INJURIES. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE RIGHT GEAR STRUT REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM RUNWAY 11 TO THE RAMP AREA WHERE IT WAS SUPPORTED AND SECURED. PERFORMED AN ONSITE VISIT TO THE FLAGLER AIRPORT TO REVIEW THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE APPEARED TO BE NO MAJOR DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE RIGHT STRUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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