# NTSB FTW88IA055: Swearingen SA227-AC, N3107P, College Station, TX, January 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1988, 06:44 local (12:44 UTC)
- Place: College Station, TX
- Coordinates: 30.600566, -96.310768 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6006&lon=-96.3108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22569
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88IA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22569/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA055

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - animal(s) (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR STRUCK A DEER DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE TERMINAL AND WAS EXAMINED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. IT THEN DEPARTED ON ITS SCHEDULED FLIGHT. IT FLEW 18 FLIGHTS DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND WAS THEN PLACED IN THE SHOP FOR MAINTENANCE. AT THIS TIME DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE NOSE WHEEL AREA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3107P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3107P-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N AC-496 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA227-AC
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (registry code 8780603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 496
- Airframe hours: 12865
- Engines: GARRETT TPE331-115-61 1000 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Trans Colorado Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner: Gatx Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, January 5, 1988, 91 hours before
- Departed: CLL, COLLEGE STATION, TX
- Destination: IAH, HOUSTON, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CLL, Easterwood Field, runway 34, 6,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,782 total, 389 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880120001469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120001469I), Jan 20, 1988: Swrngn SA227AC, College Station, TX. On takeoff roll collided with a deer. Aborted. Returned to ramp. Departed again with damaged gear and wrinkled skin

## Other investigations on N3107P (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW01WA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01WA030), Nov 28, 2000: Fairchild SA227-AC (N3107P), Trujillo, Peru, substantial damage

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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