- Date
- November 11, 2019, 19:15 local (Nov 12, 2019, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fitzgerald, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N844SASymphony Aircraft Ind SA
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20191111021019A
- Case key
- 100583
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Probable cause
The airplane’s impact with a deer while landing.
Findings · 2
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, a deer ran across the runway and struck the airplane's right side. The pilot was able to taxi the airplane to the ramp without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage aft of the nosewheel. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during the landing roll at night, a deer ran across the runway and struck the right side of the airplane. The pilot was able to taxi the airplane to the ramp without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage aft of the nose wheel. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N844SA
- Reported as
- Symphony Aircraft Ind SA (160)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- S-0015
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 773.9
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 2019
- Departed
- DQH · Douglas, GA
- Destination
- FZG · Fitzgerald, GA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- FZG · Fitzgerald Muni, runway 02, 5,000 × 101 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, Stall warning system
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
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 23, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 178.5 total · 115 in this make and model · 178.5 as pilot in command · 36.5 in the last 90 days · 12.1 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KFZG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 591 KB 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.