- Date
- October 22, 2020, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Xenia, OH · I19
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N513JPCirrus SR22
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Cincinnati FSDO
- FAA report
- 20201022016029A
- Case key
- 102236
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 airplane’s impact with a deer during takeoff.
Findings · 2
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 during the takeoff roll at dusk and a few seconds after becoming airborne, a large white-tailed deer entered the active runway and impacted the airplane. The pilot was able to land the airplane on the remaining runway without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures of malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Following the accident and after discussing the circumstances surrounding the accident with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, the airport management team created and implemented a deer caution notice for the airport’s automated weather observing system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N513JP
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR22 (T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1693
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 626.4
- Engine
- Continental Motors TSIO-550-K, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- PLT Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 2020
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I19 · Greene County – Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport, runway 25, 5,004 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 13, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 149 in this make and model · 192 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 30, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,100 total · 250 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 365 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 60 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KFFO, 9 nm away
- METAR
- KFFO 222156Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM SCT049 BKN060 25/16 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02490158
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 13.4 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.