- Date
- February 2, 1992, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandstone, MN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56750Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920202001599A
- Case key
- 15391
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Probable cause
The collision with the deer, the damage to the gascolator which resulted from the collision and the pilot's decision to abort the landing after the collision.
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
Just prior to touchdown, a deer ran toward and collided with the airplane. The pilot added power and aborted the landing. A loss of engine power was experienced during the initial climb and the airplane collided with trees followed by the terrain. Post accident inspection revealed that the impact with the deer damaged the gascolator to the extent that it compromised the fuel system and fuel starvation resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56750
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287425030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Guptill,James D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Destination
- 54Y · Rush Hill, MN
- Airport
- 57Y · Sandstone, runway 17, 2,900 × 60 ft
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 373 total · 373 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- DLH, 40 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.