- Date
- October 3, 1986, 21:43 local (Oct 4, 1986, 01:43 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3005VPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861003047639A
- Case key
- 11264
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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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Object - animal(s)Cause
Analysis
While on the takeoff roll, the acft collided with a deer. The plt rprtd that he had accelerated to 50 KTS & was about 1000 ft down the rwy when the deer ran in front of the
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3005V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27R791081
- Airframe hours
- 2,289
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David E. Locke
- Registered owner
- Virginia Aviation Resources,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1986 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- W10 · Manassas, VA
- Airport
- LYH · Lynchburb Muni, runway 3, 5,799 × 150 ft, asphalt
N3005VRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,860 total · 260 in this make and model · 2,678 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYH, 1 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.