# NTSB CHI08CA009: Cessna Turbo Centurion T210, N100GK, Festus, MO, October 7, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 7, 2007, 02:15 local (06:15 UTC)
- Place: Festus, MO
- Coordinates: 38.194721, -90.385276
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1947&lon=-90.3853&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-ACE-ROC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66882
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66882/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA009

## Probable cause

The deer on the runway during the airplane landing rollout.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
  - evasive maneuver - attempted, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

The aircraft was substantially damaged on landing after colliding with a deer on the runway.  The pilot reported that the landing was uneventful until touchdown when four deer appeared and ran across the runway from the west.  The pilot reported trying to avoid the collision by raising the nose of the aircraft to allow the deer to go under the aircraft.  One of the deer impacted and sheared off the nose wheel. The pilot lowered the nose to the runway and brought the aircraft to a complete stop.  The pilot and passenger were not injured.

## Factual narrative

The aircraft was substantially damaged on landing after colliding with a deer on the runway.  The pilot reported that the landing was uneventful until touchdown when four deer appeared and ran across the runway from the west.  The pilot reported trying to avoid the collision by raising the nose of the aircraft to allow the deer to go under the aircraft.  One of the deer impacted and sheared off the nose wheel. The pilot lowered the nose to the runway and brought the aircraft to a complete stop.  The pilot and passenger were not injured.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N100GK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100GK), registered now, S/N 210-59905, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna Turbo Centurion T210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-59905
- Airframe hours: 1671
- Engines: Teledyne Continental TSIO-520H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David & Kelli Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2007
- Departed: KCOU, Columbia, MO
- Destination: KFES, Festus, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer, commercial, military; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 17,400 total, 320 in this make and model, 8,800 as pilot in command, 275 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg

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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