- Date
- April 13, 1983, 18:30 local (Apr 14, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hulett, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8254CPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830413014149A
- Case key
- 16063
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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.
In flight collision with object
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Visual lookout - not possible
Object - animal(s)Cause
Analysis
The acft struck a deer while landing into the sun at a private ranch strip. The animal was seen just before touchdown but not in time to avoid hitting it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8254C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3680
- Airframe hours
- 5,902
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.O. Mcdonald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1982
- Airport
- runway 27, 5,000 × ft, grass/turf
N8254CRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 450 in this make and model · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8254C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.