# NTSB ANC05CA102: Piper PA-32-301, N8152Z, Karluk, AK, July 15, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 14, 2005, 19:00 local (Jul 15, 2005, 03:00 UTC) - Place: Karluk, AK - Coordinates: 57.566944, -154.450271 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5669&lon=-154.4503&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 20, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 62005 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC05CA102 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62005/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA102 ## Probable cause A collision with a deer on the runway during the landing roll, which resulted in substantial damage to the tail of the airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - animal(s) (cause) ## Analysis During the landing roll of the 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi passenger flight, a deer ran onto the runway, and was struck by the right horizontal stabilizer of the airplane. The right horizontal stabilizer and empennage were structurally damaged. ## Factual narrative On July 14, 2005, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-32-301 airplane, N8152Z, sustained substantial damage during the landing roll, when it collided with a deer on the runway at the Karluk Airport, Karluk, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Island Air, Kodiak, Alaska, as a visual flight rules (VFR) on-demand air taxi passenger flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135, when the accident occurred. The commercial certificated pilot and sole passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight departed Kodiak about 1815. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on July 15, the chief pilot for the operator said during the landing roll a deer ran onto the runway, and was struck by the right horizontal stabilizer of the airplane. He said the horizontal stabilizer and empennage were structurally damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8152Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8152Z-2011-09-21), registration cancelled 2011-09-21, S/N 32-8006004, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-301 - Registry model: [Piper PA-32-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (registry code 7103207) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 32-8006004 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Island Air, doing business as Island Air - Registered owner: Redemption Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KDK, Kodiak, AK - Destination: PAKY, Karluk, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: PAKY, Karluk, runway 28 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 22; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 1,634 total, 290 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days, 118 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050714022729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050714022729A), Jul 14, 2005: Piper PA32301, Karluk, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing and during rollout, a deer darted out in front of the aircraft. There is heavy brush that borders runway and the pilot said he just saw a… ## Other investigations on N8152Z (2) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC11CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA075), Aug 12, 2011: Piper PA-32-301 (N8152Z), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power while on approach to land due to a disconnected throttle control linkage, and the maintenance director's inadequate inspection of the throttle linkage during… - [NTSB LAX85LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA039), Nov 4, 1984: Piper PA-32-301 (N8152Z), Sanger, CA, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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