- Date
- June 23, 1986, 22:30 local (Jun 24, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3737KPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860623027279A
- Case key
- 22050
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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 instructor pilot was demonstrating night landings to his student pilot, when the aircraft veered to the right on touchdown. The instructor thought his student was on the right rudder, but failed to override him by applying left rudder. The next morning revealed the aircraft had collided with a deer on touchdown and had continued to drag the deer some distance with the right main gear, causing the aircraft to veer to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3737K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23714
- Airframe hours
- 2,463
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Wilkinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown, runway 17, 4,100 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 772 total · 33 in this make and model · 612 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 30 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.