- Date
- August 21, 1984, 22:10 local (Aug 22, 1984, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Parkersburg, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4278UCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840821042249A
- Case key
- 6528
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - animal(s)Cause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Visual lookout - not possibleFactor
Analysis
The pilot was unable to see the deer on the rwy during the landing roll because of the dark night conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4278U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060278
- Airframe hours
- 3,147
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Falcon Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1984
- Airport
- PKB · Gil Robb Wilson, runway 10, 4,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 800 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.