- Date
- August 19, 1985, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9653JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850819075969A
- Case key
- 24808
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that, as he was on the landing roll, two dogs chased a horse across the runway, and that he was unable to avoid striking the horse with the aircraft's left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9653J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3818
- Airframe hours
- 3,311
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edmund J. Mackenberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DLO · Delano, CA
- Destination
- L45
- Airport
- L45 · Bakersfield Airpark, runway 31, 3,150 × 50 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 663 total · 500 in this make and model · 613 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 7 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.
Other investigations on N9653J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.