- Date
- July 24, 1983, 21:35 local (Jul 25, 1983, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N71SAPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830724036049A
- Case key
- 12276
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Touch-and-go - performed
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Object - animal(s)Cause
Analysis
During the takeoff portion of a night touch-and-go, the acft collided with a deer that ran into the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71SA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125607
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald G. Duffy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1982
- Departed
- 09G · Mason, MI
- Airport
- 07G · Fitch H. Beach, runway 2, 3,000 × 75 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 24 in this make and model · 573 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.