- Date
- March 10, 2018, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Pleasant, MI
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500MPLearjet 31
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180310001859A
- Case key
- 96853
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
The airplane’s collision with deer during the landing roll.
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 during the landing roll, the airplane collided with two deer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the leading edge of the left wing. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airport/Facility Directory for the accident airport, deer may be located on, and in vicinity of the airport. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane collided with two deer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the leading edge of the left wing. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airport/Facility Directory for the accident airport, deer may be located on, and in vicinity of the airport. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500MP
- Reported as
- Learjet 31 (A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 198
- Built
- 2000
- Engines
- Honeywell TFE731, 3,500 horsepower, turbo jetHoneywell TFE732, 1,550 horsepower, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- N500mp LLC
- Registered owner
- N500mp LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ULS · Ulysses, KS
- Destination
- MOP · Mt. Pleasant, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MOP · Mount Pleasant Muni, runway 27, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 9,100 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 6, 2017
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KMOP
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 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.