# NTSB CEN24LA190: Cirrus Design SR22T, N888VL, Shreveport, LA, May 15, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 14, 2024, 20:53 local (May 15, 2024, 01:53 UTC)
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Coordinates: 32.540822, -93.743835
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5408&lon=-93.7438&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194281/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194281
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA190

## Probable cause

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

## 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: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2130004), [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: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while landing at night, just before the flare, he saw a deer on the runway. He pulled back on the yoke and added power to clear the deer but then heard and felt the impact with the deer. The airplane sustained damage to the left-wing lateral rib and left landing gear. Assessment of the damage by the manufacturer concluded that the wing was not repairable and was no longer airworthy.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N888VL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888VL), registered now, S/N 2084, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (registry code 2130004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550-K](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (registry code 17410, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2084
- Year built: 2020
- Engines: Continental TSIO-550-K 315 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Orange Rock Holdings LLC
- Registered owner: Orange Rock Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LFT, Lafayette, IN
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DTN, Shreveport Downtown, runway 05/23, 4,198 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 11,000 total, 60 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.77 inHg
- Observed at: KBAD, 5 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBAD 150155Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2977 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02270162 $=

## 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 20240514005959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240514005959A), May 14, 2024: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. A Cirrus SR22T was being flown from klft to kdtn under CFR part 91 rules. The pilot was flying with one passenger onboard. On final approach to kdtn, the…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 12, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194281. 775 KB in all.

- Accident photographs (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 380 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17501345&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf
- Cirrus assessment of damage letter (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 354 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17501520&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N888VL_SR22T-2084_Cirrus%20Wing%20Scrap%20Letter_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot statement (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17501606&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N888VL%20Pilot%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.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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