- Date
- October 20, 2000, 20:00 local (Oct 21, 2000, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6682ZBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001021043109A
- Case key
- 50526
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Probable cause
the evasive maneuver not possible by the pilot and the deer on the runway. A factor was the dark night.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was damaged when the right wing struck a deer on the takeoff portion of a touch and go. The pilot said that "...an adult buck deer ran into our line of travel from the north side of the runway at approximately one third the distance of RWY 22 striking our outboard right wing just as I was rotating for takeoff. Our approximate speed at time of impact was 75 kts. Visibility was good, and the sky was clear, however there was no moonlight-making it a very dark night."
Factual narrative
On October 20, 2000, at 2000 central daylight time, a Beech A36, N6682Z, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when its right wing struck a deer while taking off from runway 22 (7,098 feet by 150 feet asphalt/concrete) at the Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field Airport, Quincy, Illinois. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions and was not on a flight plan. The pilot and the certified flight instructor passenger were not injured. The pilot had been performing touch and go landings. The local flight originated at about 1950.
In a written statement, the pilot said that he was making a touch and go when, "...an adult buck deer ran into our line of travel from the north side of the runway at approximately one third the distance of RWY 22 striking our outboard right wing just as I was rotating for takeoff. Our approximate speed at time of impact was 75 kts. Visibility was good, and the sky was clear, however there was no moonlight-making it a very dark night." The pilot aborted the takeoff and airport personnel removed the dead deer from the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6682Z
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1607
- Airframe hours
- 1,597
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Davis Funeral Home
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 2000 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- UIN
- Airport
- UIN · Quincy Regional, runway 22, 7,098 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,505 total · 5 in this make and model · 1,445 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 145 °F, dew point 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.