- Date
- October 26, 1990, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Centerville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67448Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901026047659A
- Case key
- 8354
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Probable cause
The propable cause of the accident was the runway incursion by the deer during the pilot's takeoff roll.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was on takeoff roll when he noticed four deer approaching the runway from the right. Three of the deer stopped at the side of the runway, however, the fourth deer began to run along the side of the runway and towards the airplane. The deer collided with the right horizontal stabilizer, and the takeoff was aborted. An inspection of the airplane after the accident revealed that structural damage had occurred in the tail section of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67448
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281840
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L-2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark J. Cobb, doing business as International Flight Center
- Airport
- GHM · Centerville Municipal, runway 2, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 104 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MKL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.