# NTSB ATL02LA040: Piper PA-28-151, N6910F, Bessemer, AL, January 17, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 17, 2002, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC) - Place: Bessemer, AL - Coordinates: 33.313888, -86.931945 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3139&lon=-86.9319&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Birmingham FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 54065 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA040 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54065/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54065 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA040 ## Probable cause On ground collision with an animal during landing. ## 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 A Piper PA-28-151, collided with a deer, while conducting touch and go landings. During the instructional flight a deer ran across the runway from the right side of the airplane. The airplane collided with the deer on the leading edge of the right wing. ## Factual narrative On January 17, 2002, at 0830 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-151, N6910F, registered to C&S Aviation Inc. and operated Bessemer Aviation under Title 14 CFR part 91, collided with a deer, during a landing roll at Bessemer Airport, Bessemer, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of accident and no flight plan was filed. The Certified Flight Instructor and his student did not receive any injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight departed from Bessemer, Alabama, at 0815. According to the Certified Flight Instructor while conducting touch and go landings to runway 23 at Bessemer Airport, he heard his student yell out "deer". At this time he felt a impact on the right side of the airplane. The airplane swerved to the right and came to a stop partially off the runway. The CFI and his student determined that they had stuck the deer that ran across the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed, a one foot dent on the leading edge of the right wing and buckling of the right aileron. There were no other reports of deer activity prior to the collision. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6910F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6910F-2014-02-28), registration cancelled 2014-02-28, S/N 28-7715187 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-151 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7715187 - Airframe hours: 6477 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Bessemer Aviation, doing business as Bessemer Aviation - Registered owner: C & S Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 2001, 10 hours before - Departed: EKY, Bessemer, AL - Airport: EKY, Bessemer, runway 23, 5,700 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; injuries: none; flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review October 3, 2001; seat: right; flight hours: 570 total, 188 in this make and model, 370 as pilot in command, 166 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 45; injuries: none; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.19 inHg - Observed at: ANB ## 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 20020117001669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020117001669A), Jan 17, 2002: Piper PA28151, Bessemer, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) Instruction flight at the Bessemer Airport (eky). Upon touchdown during landing practice, instructor heard student yell "deer", at same time heard and… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54065. 460 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 452 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40379383&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Report (item 2, .PDF, 8 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40156003&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Report-Master.PDF 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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