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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Sellersburg, IN · March 14, 2026

Date
March 14, 2026 · 12:50 local
Place
Sellersburg, IN
Airport
Clark Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70KB
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 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 departing kjvy runway 36. Shortly after takeoff roll was initiated, 5 deer ran on to runway in front of aircraft. Take off was immediately aborted however, one deer struck the nose wheel of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTING KJVY RUNWAY 36. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ROLL WAS INITIATED, 5 DEER RAN ON TO RUNWAY IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. TAKE OFF WAS IMMEDIATELY ABORTED HOWEVER, ONE DEER STRUCK THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT.