# NTSB CHI00LA141: Cessna C310R, N87430, Hibbing, MN, May 23, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 23, 2000, 08:46 local (13:46 UTC) - Place: Hibbing, MN - Coordinates: 47.400688, -92.94049 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4007&lon=-92.9405&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 17, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 51055 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA141 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51055/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA141 ## Probable cause the deer incursion on the landing runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown - object - animal(s) (cause) ## Analysis The aiplane impacted a deer during a landing flare on runway 31. The pilot stated that the deer was running across runway 31 from the northeast towards the southwest. He saw the deer beneath the aircraft's tip tank while flaring. The aircraft was approximately 2,000 feet down runway 31 when it impacted the deer with its right horizontal stabilizer. ## Factual narrative On May 23, 2000, at 0846 central daylight time, a Cessna 310R, N87430, operated by Taconite Aviation Incorporated, was substantially damaged on impact with a deer during landing on runway 31 (6,758 feet by 150 feet, dry asphalt) at Chisholm-Hibbing Airport (HIB), Hibbing Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The deer was fatally injured. The flight originated from Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport, Eveleth, Minnesota, at 0840, en route to HIB. The pilot stated that the deer was running across runway 31 from the northeast towards the southwest. He saw the deer beneath the aircraft's tip tank while flaring. The aircraft was approximately 2,000 feet down runway 31 when it impacted the deer with its right horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that a Mesaba Airlines flight impacted a deer last fall during landing at HIB and that he has had "close calls before.". In a written statement, the pilot reported the following: "...I departed the Eveleth Virginia Municipal airport at around 8:40 AM C.T. to pickup passengers at the Chisholm Hibbing Airport, before entering the traffic pattern I called unicom for an advisory - wind 270 [at] 9 knots altimeter 2945 and no known traffic. Aircraft operated normally, final approach was normal for runway 31. Upon flairing the aircraft ballooned slightly, the power was at idle, I adjusted pitch so as not to drop the aircraft onto the runway. At that moment I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye from the right side outside the aircraft. I glanced toward the movement, saw a deer running. In an attempt to get over the deer, I pulled back on the yoke, I saw the deer pass under the wing and heard a thud, the aircraft pitched nose down and landed on the nose wheel first and then on the mains. The directional control was maintained and the aircraft rolled normal.. Before exiting the runway I called unicom and advise of the deer strike and to have Airport Maintenance check the runway. The Airport Manager met me as I was on the Taxiway, there I shut down and examined the damage to the righthand stabilizer/elevator.". On April 28, 1999, Mesaba Flight 3390 impacted a deer during landing rollout on runway 31 at HIB. Four to five deer ran out on the runway from right to left. The aircraft was approximately 1/2 down the runway at the time of the incident. A 10-12 inch length of right propeller broke off during the collision with the deer. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N87430](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87430-2021-06-05), registration cancelled 2021-06-05, S/N 310R0558, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna C310R - Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 310R0558 - Airframe hours: 8266 - Engines: Continental IO-520-M1B 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Registered owner: Taconite Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 8, 2000, 62 hours before - Departed: EVM, EVELETH, MN - Airport: HIB, Chisholm-Hibbing, runway 31, 6,758 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,749 total, 1,952 in this make and model, 5,423 as pilot in command, 131 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 13 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: HIB ## 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 20000523008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000523008339A), May 23, 2000: Cessna 310R, Hibbing, MN, No damage. (-23) A deer ran unto the runway in the path of landing a/c and impacted the right stabilizer/elevator area causing substantial damage to the a/c. From the NTSB's public API. 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