- Date
- November 15, 1991, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Portsmouth, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19595Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911115052019A
- Case key
- 11748
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Probable cause
Collisiion with the deer on the runway. A factor was the dark night.
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 had completed two full stop landings on runway 20 when he returned to the runway for the third time. He stated that the takeoff roll was normal and as the aircraft accelerated to 55 mph he noticed two deer entering the runway from the left side. He reported that he tried to fly over the deer by rotating but the aircrafty struck the deer at about 3 to 4 feet above the ground. The aircraft descended back onto the runway in a nose low wings level attitude collapsing the nosewheel and slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19595
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074517
- Airframe hours
- 4,273
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chester M Flemming
- Registered owner
- Chester M Flemming
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1991 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- PVG
- Airport
- PVG · Hampton Rds, runway 2, 3,524 × 70 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 176 in this make and model · 157 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORE, 14 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.
Other investigations on N19595 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.