- Date
- July 14, 1991, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Social Circle, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49964Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910714027149A
- Case key
- 8436
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Probable cause
The airplane collided with the steel pole which supports the windsock while the pilot maneuvered to avoid a collision with a deer on the runway.
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
After landing on runway 34, the pilot attempted a go-around to avoid colliding with a deer that came out of a wooded area onto the runway. During the initial climb, the pilot swerved the airplane right and collided with the steel pole which supports the windsock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49964
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-351
- Airframe hours
- 1,467
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas, Charles S.
- Registered owner
- Thomas, Charles S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 18GA · Social Circle, GA
- Airport
- 18GA · Sleepy Hollow, runway 34, 2,600 × 22 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.