# NTSB DEN00LA040: Piper PA-28R-201, N2292M, Pueblo, CO, January 9, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 8, 2000, 18:30 local (Jan 9, 2000, 01:30 UTC) - Place: Pueblo, CO - Coordinates: 38.289081, -104.539192 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2891&lon=-104.5392&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48437 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA040 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48437/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA040 ## Probable cause Collision with a deer during landing roll. Factors were a dark night and lack of wildlife control devices on the airport. ## Analysis While conducting a touch-and-go landing on a dark night, the aircraft struck a deer during landing roll. The aircraft right wing leading edge and right main landing gear sustained damage. The airport was equipped with security perimeter fencing but did not have any equipment installed to specifically aid in wildlife control. ## Factual narrative On January 8, 2000, at 1830 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28R-201, N2292M, collided with a deer during landing roll at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the private pilot was not injured. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this cross-country flight operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Colorado Springs, Colorado, at 1800. According to the pilot, he was conducting a touch-and-go landing. He was on roll out and had raised the flaps for takeoff when he heard a noise and felt a "hard bump." He said he notified the tower that "something was wrong and there may be broken parts on the runway." He said he noted that right brake did not work, then taxied to the ramp and inspected the aircraft. Inspection revealed damage to the inboard 3 feet of the leading edge of the right wing, and damage to the right main landing gear. Pueblo Memorial Airport has perimeter security fencing but does not have any specific equipment installed for wildlife control. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - light condition - dark night (contributing factor) - object - animal(s) (cause) - facility inadequate, other government personnel (contributing factor) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2292M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2292M), registered now, S/N 28R-7837081, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28R-201 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (registry code 7102816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7837081 - Airframe hours: 7200 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Peterson Afb Flying Club, doing business as Rocky Mountain Flight Training - Registered owner: Dale Schgmlcwich - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 13, 1999, 86 hours before - Departed: COS, COLO SPRINGS, CO - Destination: PUB - Airport: PUB, Pueblo Memorial, runway 8L, 10,496 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 520 total, 16 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 16 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: PUB, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000108006279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000108006279A), Jan 8, 2000: Piper PA28R201, Pueblo, CO, No damage. (-23) On landing roll, speed approx. 50 knots, pilot felt and heard a bump. He aborted touch and go and taxied into parking. Upon inspection of aircraft, found… ## Other investigations on N2292M (1) 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. - [NTSB DEN84LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA261), Jul 9, 1984: Piper PA-28R-201 (N2292M), Los Alamos, NM, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.