- Date
- November 6, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6THBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831106056659A
- Case key
- 16288
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that immediately prior to rotation speed he saw a deer running towards the acft at a 90 deg collision angle. He 'hauled back' on the control wheel & the acft 'mushed off the ground.' The deer impacted the bottom of the fuselage & the wing root.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6TH
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9622
- Airframe hours
- 1,028
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold W. Holmes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1983
- Destination
- CYS · Cheyenne, WY
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley/Weld County, runway 9, 7,035 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,240 total · 33 in this make and model · 1,240 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.