# NTSB CEN12IA383: Cessna 560, N305LX, Ozark, MO, June 15, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 2012, 23:04 local (Jun 15, 2012, 04:04 UTC)
- Place: Ozark, MO
- Coordinates: 38.096111, -92.549446 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0961&lon=-92.5494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12IA383
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84034/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12IA383

## Probable cause

The airplane’s collision with a deer during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 560XL, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2076702), [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.

- [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 560XL, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=2076702), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305LX-2023-09-06), registration cancelled 2023-09-06, S/N 560-6057, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560 (XL)
- Registry model: [Cessna 560XL](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (registry code 2076702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545c) (registry code 52188, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5049
- Airframe hours: 3905
- Engines: PRATT AND WHITNEY PW545 3800 lbs thrust turbo fan; PRATT AND WHITNEY PW545 3800 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; 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
- Co-pilot; age 23; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20120614013209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120614013209A), Jun 14, 2012: Cessna 560XL, Brumley, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck a deer while landing at aiz causing damage to the nose landing gear actuator and surrounding nose wheel well structure.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 17, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84034. 2.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40372840&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 46 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40372841&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-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.

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