# NTSB GAA18CA420: Cirrus SR22, N615EM, Hudson, NY, June 30, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 29, 2018, 21:45 local (Jun 30, 2018, 01:45 UTC) - Place: Hudson, NY - Coordinates: 42.291389, -73.710281 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2914&lon=-73.7103&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 18, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 97759 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA420 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97759/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97759 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA420 ## Probable cause Collision with a deer during landing. ## 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 operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 35 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the pilot, following a night visual flight rules cross-country flight, he overflew the destination airport at 1,500 ft above ground level and set up a normal approach. Just before touchdown, he saw a deer walk onto the runway from the right and collide with the left main landing gear, which then separated from the airplane. As the airplane settled, the left wing struck the runway, and the airplane veered left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage the left wing spar and the left main landing gear attachment points. The airport facility directory did not contain a note to caution that deer were in the 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 According to the pilot, following a night visual flight rules cross-country flight, he over flew the destination airport at 1,500ft AGL and set up a normal approach. Just prior to touch down he saw a deer enter the runway from the right and collide with the left main landing gear. The left main landing gear separated from the airplane. As the airplane settled, the left wing struck the runway and the airplane veered left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage the left wing spar and the left main landing gear attachment points. The airport facility directory does not contain a note to caution that deer are in the 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: [N615EM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615EM), registered now, S/N 3682, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22 (No Series) - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (registry code 17215, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 3682 - Year built: 2010 - Airframe hours: 880 - Engines: Continental IO-550-N 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ginther Associates LLC - Registered owner: Ginther Associates LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 16, 2018 - Departed: CGS, College Park, MD - Destination: 1B1, Hudson, NE - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 1B1, Columbia County, runway 21, 5,350 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, Airframe parachute, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 20, 2018; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 680.2 total, 113.8 in this make and model, 633.2 as pilot in command, 53.4 in the last 90 days, 14.5 in the last 30 days, 1.8 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KDDH, 41 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20180629008819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180629008819A), Jun 29, 2018: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Hudson, NY, Substantial damage. 06/29/18 At 9:45 pm at the Columbia County Airport, in Hudson NY (1B1), involving aircraft N615EM, serial number 3682, owned by ginther associates LLC, flown… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2018, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97759. 4.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40469730&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Photo (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 506 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40469731&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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