- Date
- July 28, 2010, 19:30 local (Jul 29, 2010, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shell Lake, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N701PSCessna T210M
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration - Minneapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100728040579A
- Case key
- 76860
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 collision with the deer during landing 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
During the landing roll, at approximately 30 knots, the airplane impacted a deer that had suddenly emerged from a low-lying area located to the right of the runway. The right horizontal stabilizer was substantially damaged during the collision with the deer. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Factual narrative
During landing roll, at approximately 30 knots, the airplane impacted a deer that suddenly emerged from a low-lying area located off the right side of the runway. The right horizontal stabilizer was damaged during the collision with the deer. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N701PS
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062339
- Airframe hours
- 3,183
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520-R, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucky Us LLC
- Registered owner
- Lucky Us LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2010
- Departed
- KRRL · Merrill, WI
- Destination
- KSSQ · Shell Lake, WI
- Airport
- KSSQ · Shell Lake Municipal Airport, runway 32, 3,711 × 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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 22 in this make and model · 355 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KRPD, 19 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 250 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.