- Date
- July 15, 2024, 21:25 local (Jul 16, 2024, 02:25 UTC)
- Place
- Blaine, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N220CEPiper PA28
- 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
- FAA report
- 20240715011309A
- Case key
- 194719
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 collision with a deer on the runway 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 he was conducting an instructional flight near dusk and was demonstrating a touch-and-go. Once the nose wheel began to lift off the runway, he noticed a streak of brown appear in front of the airplane, and he felt a thud. The right wing struck a deer, which resulted in substantial damage. The pilot continued the takeoff, notified air traffic control, and returned to the airport without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N220CE
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2881530
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 2,194.9
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- ATP Flight School LLC
- Registered owner
- Meridian Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 2024 · 37.4 hours before
- Departed
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Airport
- ANE · Anoka County/Blaine Airport (Janes Field), runway 36, 4,855 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system
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
- 31
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 27, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 560 in this make and model · 545 as pilot in command · 187 in the last 90 days · 94 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KANE
- METAR
- KANE 160250Z 34006KT 10SM SCT065 25/18 A2976
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 27, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 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.