- Date
- February 1, 1988, 17:03 local (22:03 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, WV
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N287WDassault DA-20
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11391
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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.
Analysis
The acft landed after an ILS apch to rwy 03. According to the plt shortly after touchdown he saw deer ahead on the rwy. Before he could take evasive action the acft struck two deer. Afterwards brake pressure was lost. The plt steered the acft onto grass off the right side of the rwy to avoid going past the rwy end and down a hill. Examination of the acft revealed that the deer were struck with the left main gear, fracturing a hydraulic brake line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N287W
- Reported as
- Dassault DA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 194
- Airframe hours
- 7,163
- Engine
- GE CF-700-2D2, 4,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Nevada Flyco Inc
- Registered owner
- Nevada Flyco Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 1, 1988
- Departed
- CAK · Canton, OH
- Destination
- HLG · Wheeling, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HLG · Wheeling-Ohio County, runway 3, 5,000 × 150 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,175 total · 2,816 in this make and model · 7,382 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HLG