- Date
- November 10, 1986, 19:10 local (Nov 11, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Winamac, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N75363Piper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861110056019A
- Case key
- 13690
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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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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Object - animal(s)Cause
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Analysis
After noticing a vague shape off the right side of the aircraft, during takeoff run at night, the pilot continued down the runway until the aircraft collided with a 180 pound deer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75363
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7680296
- Airframe hours
- 2,592
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piston Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1986 · 117 hours before
- Departed
- 4C4 · Winamac, IN
- Destination
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Airport
- 4C4 · Winamac, runway 27, 2,800 × 60 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,181 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 140 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 47 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.