- Date
- June 14, 2012, 23:04 local (Jun 15, 2012, 04:04 UTC)
- Place
- Ozark, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N305LXCessna 560
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120614013209A
- Case key
- 84034
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Probable cause
The airplane’s collision with a deer during the 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 a night landing, the flight crew made a visual approach to the runway and the airplane touched down without any abnormalities. As the airplane slowed through about 80 knots, a deer appeared in the airplane’s landing lights. The deer then ran across the runway and was struck by the airplane’s nose wheel. Postaccident examination revealed that the nosewheel well pressure vessel sustained substantial damage as a result of the collision.
Factual narrative
During a night landing, the crew made a visual approach to the runway and the airplane touched down without any abnormalities. As the airplane slowed from about 80 knots, a deer appeared in the airplane’s landing lights. The deer then ran across the runway in front of the airplane and impacted the nose wheel. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose wheel well pressure vessel sustained substantial damage in the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N305LX
- Reported as
- Cessna 560 (XL)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5049
- Airframe hours
- 3,905
- Engines
- Pratt And Whitney PW545, 3,800 lbs thrust, turbo fanPratt And Whitney PW545, 3,800 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 135
- Operator
- Aero Charter, Inc
- Registered owner
- Aplux LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 27, 2012
- Departed
- KSUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Destination
- KAIZ · Osage Beach, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KAIZ · Lee C Fine Memorial, runway 21, 6,497 × 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 17, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,001 total · 42 in this make and model · 5,954 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 30, 2012
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,173 total · 25 in this make and model · 965 as pilot in command · 132 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KAIZ
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 17, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.0 MB 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.