- Date
- February 13, 2026, 19:34 local (Feb 14, 2026, 01:34 UTC)
- Place
- Guymon, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N247MDBeech C90
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Lubbock FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260213000569A
- Case key
- 202443
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 collision with a white-tailed deer during the takeoff in night visual conditions.
Findings · 5
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 the start-up, taxi and initial takeoff roll were normal for the air medical flight in night visual conditions. On the takeoff roll at approximately 90 knots, a white-tailed deer appeared and was moving from the right to the left between the runway and a taxiway. The pilot reported there was no time to safely abort the takeoff before impacting the deer. The airplane struck the deer with the right main landing gear leg, the airplane became airborne, and the pilot was able to return the airplane to the runway surface. The pilot then noticed he had no right brake authority and used reverse thrust to maintain runway centerline. Shortly after, the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane came to a stop upright on the grass between the runway and a taxiway, impacting runway signage in the process. The right-wing leading edge and spar along with the right aileron sustained substantial damage from the runway signage and ground impact. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engines that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N247MD
- Reported as
- Beech C90 (A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ1244
- Built
- 1990
- Airframe hours
- 4,906
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A, 750 horsepower, turbo propPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135A, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Integra Aviation LLC, doing business as Apollo MedFlight LLC
- Registered owner
- Lta Group Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 16, 2025
- Departed
- GUY · Guymon, OK
- Destination
- RTN · Raton, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GUY · Guymon Muni, runway 18/36, 5,904 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 8, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 320 in this make and model · 2,450 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KGUY, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KGUY 140053Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM FEW065 BKN100 BKN120 13/04 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01330039 $
Docket · 8
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.1 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.