- Date
- January 1, 1992, 21:00 local (Jan 2, 1992, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glasgow, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40799Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920101000029A
- Case key
- 11753
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Probable cause
Deer on the runway. Other related factor ws a 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 commercial pilot was landing on runway 7 when a deer entered the runway. The pilot stated that he pulled up on the control yoke to avoid hitting the deer; however, the deer struck the horizontal stabilizer causing him to lose pitch control. He stated that he added power to cushion his descent during the second touchdown attempt, but the aircraft ascended into the air. This action continued for about eight times until the left main gear broke off and the aircraft slid to a stop off the right side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40799
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7405067
- Airframe hours
- 3,655
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Span Tech Inc.
- Registered owner
- Span Tech Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- AAS · Campbellsville, KY
- Airport
- GLW · Glasgow Muni, runway 7, 4,586 × 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,850 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWG, 24 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.