- Date
- April 11, 2021, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, AL · On runway 7
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N299HPPiper PA-32R-301
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20210411003779A
- Case key
- 102915
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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Probable cause
An unanticipated encounter with a deer shortly after touchdown, resulting in a collision and substantial damage to the airframe.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, seconds after touchdown, a deer impacted the leading edge of the right wing and then impacted the right side of the fuselage. Neither the pilot nor his passenger observed the deer before impact. He observed the deer lying on the runway and taxied to the ramp and to examine the damage. An inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the damage to the fuselage was substantial.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N299HP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3246136
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 2,306
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 2020 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- MDQ · Huntsville, AL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TOI · Troy Muni At N Kenneth Campbell Fld, runway 07/25, 6,197 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial, Military, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 30, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 11,512 total · 86 in this make and model · 104 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- TOI, 9 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 8, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.