# NTSB ERA23LA039: Cirrus SR22, Kingstree, SC, October 15, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 15, 2022, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Kingstree, SC
- Coordinates: 33.717222, -79.856972 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7172&lon=-79.8570&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- 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, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA23LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106199/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106199
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA039

## Probable cause

The airplane’s impact with two deer during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During the landing roll, the pilot was about to brake and turn onto a taxiway when he saw something in his peripheral vision and felt something impact the airplane. After taxiing to the ramp, he noted substantial damage to the left elevator then subsequently found two deceased deer on and near the landing runway. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GITL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4468
- Year built: 2017
- Airframe hours: 508.6
- Engines: Continental IO 550N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 17, 2022
- Departed: KRIC, Richmond, VA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CKI, Williamsburg Rgnl, runway 14, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 26, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 834 total, 553 in this make and model, 497 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: CKI
- METAR: KCKI 182315Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 11/00 A2987 RMK AO2

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 9, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106199. 7.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14635899&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=C-GITL%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 4.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14636079&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Signed%20Pilot%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photographs (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14635480&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20array-Rel.pdf

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.

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