# NTSB CEN12CA328: Shiver Tailwind W-10, N625JS, Pipe Creek, TX, May 17, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 17, 2012, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC) - Place: Pipe Creek, TX - Coordinates: 29.713888, -98.86 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7139&lon=-98.8600&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 29, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 83793 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA328 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83793/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83793 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA328 ## Probable cause An inadvertent collision with a deer during takeoff and the airplane’s subsequent departure from the runway and impact with a tree. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=9790517), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=9790517), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=9790517), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=9790517), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that as the airplane had accelerated to lift-off speed a deer appeared directly in front of the propeller. The airplane struck the deer and veered left. The airplane's left wing was substantially damaged when it subsequently impacted a tree. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane before the deer strike. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that as the airplane was accelerating to lift off speed during takeoff when a deer appeared directly in front of the propeller. The airplane struck the deer and then the airplane drifted left. The airplane's left wing subsequently impacted a tree where it sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions of the airplane prior to the deer strike. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N625JS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N625JS-2019-11-04), registration cancelled 2019-11-04, S/N JS 466, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: SHIVER TAILWIND W-10 - Registry model: [Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10](https://openairdocs.org/model/shiver-james-h-tailwind-w-10) (registry code 9790517) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: JS 466 - Airframe hours: 977.3 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2A 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Pilot - Registered owner: Pilot - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, February 26, 2012 - Departed: TA66, Pipe Creek, TX - Destination: TA66, Pipe Creek, TX - Airport: TA66, Freedom Springs Ranch Airport, runway 05, 2,100 × 100 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 22, 2012; flight hours: 838 total, 390 in this make and model, 663 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: ERV ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20120517009199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120517009199A), May 17, 2012: Shiver James H TAILWIND W-10, Pipe Creek, TX, Substantial damage. On 05/17/2012 wittman tailwind N625JS was departing for a VFR flight when a deer ran in front of the airplane. The pilot was unable to stop, and struck the… ## Other investigations on N625JS (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CEN18FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA139), Apr 15, 2018: Wittman W10 (N625JS), San Antonio, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight fire and subsequent total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive impact and fire damage, followed by a loss of airplane control. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 5, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83793. 972 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 835 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40370114&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Miscellaneous - Local Weather (item 2, .PDF, 137 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40370115&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Miscellaneous%20-%20Local%20Weather-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.