- Date
- February 4, 1991, 18:00 local (Feb 5, 1991, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5813MCessna 340
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910204001699A
- Case key
- 27108
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Probable cause
An unavoidable collision with animals (deer) on landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the airport environment that cannot preclude deer from gaining access to the airport.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - animal(s)Cause
Facility,inadequate designFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
During a landing at dusk the airplane collided with two deer and the nose landing gear strut broke off. The airplane settled onto the runway, damaging the propellers and engines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5813M
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340-0048
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-J, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- M.R.L. Industries Inc.
- Registered owner
- M.R.L. Industries Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- 022 · Columbia, runway 35, 4,677 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,482 total · 122 in this make and model · 1,240 as pilot in command · 133 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.