# NTSB ATL82DKJ02: Piper PA-28, N47321, Hurtsboro, AL, October 4, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1981
- Place: Hurtsboro, AL · HURTSBORO, AL
- Location: 32.2401° N, 85.4147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hurtsboro, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2401&lon=-85.4147&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DKJ02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DKJ02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2051   81/10/4   HURTSBORO,AL        PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 54, 300
        TIME - 1300                    N47321              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SEHOY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ALABASTER,AL                ALBANY,GA                    HURTSBORO,AL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
        REMARKS- DEER RAN INTO PATH OF ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47321](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47321), registered now, S/N 28-7816057, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sehoy

## 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 19811004066929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811004066929A), Oct 4, 1981: Piper PA28161, Hurtsboro, AL, Substantial damage. Elected to land at a small airport for a comfort stop. Collided with a deer that bolted into aircraft.

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.

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