- Date
- December 1, 1984, 19:10 local (Dec 2, 1984, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Robert Lee, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N112SKMitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841201065369A
- Case key
- 21637
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was on ferry flt with a planned stop at Robert Lee arpt. Prior to touchdown, during the flare, the plt saw 3 OR4 deer in the middle of the runway. He banked to the left and prior to adding power to go-around, the acft settled to the ground next to the rwy. During the landing roll all three landing gear collapsed. The stat arpt directory warns to watch for deer on the rwy at this unattended and unlighted arpt. The accident occurred after dark.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112SK
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35-651
- Airframe hours
- 3,083
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-6251M, 724 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bush Field Aircraft Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CVN · Clovis, NM
- Destination
- 54F · Robert Lee, TX
- Airport
- 54F · Robert Lee, runway 36, 4,450 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,182 total · 8,500 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJT, 31 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.