- Date
- November 3, 2008, 19:15 local (Nov 4, 2008, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Blaine, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N558SRCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20081103851549A
- Case key
- 69396
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The deer impacting the airplane during takeoff roll.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that a deer impacted the airplane during the night takeoff roll just prior to rotation. The deer impacted the nose and left wing resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that a deer impacted the airplane during the night takeoff roll just prior to rotation. The deer impacted the nose and left wing resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N558SR
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2193
- Airframe hours
- 398
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cardinal Capital LLC
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Capital LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 2008
- Departed
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- ANE · Anoka County-Blaine Airport, runway 18, 4,855 × 100 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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 27, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,198 total · 778 in this make and model · 2,140 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- ANE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.