- Date
- December 8, 1986, 17:30 local (Dec 9, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Michigan Bar, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5808QMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861208068009A
- Case key
- 25486
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the flare, just prior to touchdown, a deer ran across the runway from the right and subsequently collided with the left wing of the aircraft. The pilot reported there was no time to avoid an impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5808Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3113
- Airframe hours
- 1,425
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jackson S. Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1986 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Q05 · Davis, CA
- Destination
- RIU
- Airport
- RIU · Rancho Murieta, runway 22, 3,800 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,985 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 1,930 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHR, 5 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 N5808Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.