- Date
- November 21, 1991, 19:15 local (Nov 22, 1991, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91886Piper PA28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911121053469A
- Case key
- 27506
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The animal on the runway. Contributing to this accident was separation of the right main landing gear due to overload and the dark night.
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.
Analysis
The certificated private pilot dual student was receiving night takeoff and landing instruction. The CFI instructed the dual student to execute a touch and go landing and takeoff on runway 22. The dual student successfully landed and initiated the takeoff. When the airplane rotated the CFI observed a grayish object traversing perpendicular to the runway near the right leading edge wing root and subsequently collided with it. The object was later identified as a deer. The flight continued the takeoff and returned to its home base. During the return flight the CFI ascertained that right main landing gear separated from its attach point, but the CFI was able to land at its home base without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91886
- Reported as
- Piper PA28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2837037
- Airframe hours
- 2,888
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Transport Training Intl
- Registered owner
- Mcdonald Douglas Finance CO.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 15, 1991 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- E63 · Gila Bend, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- E63 · Gila Bend Municipal, 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,445 total · 1,271 in this make and model · 4,186 as pilot in command · 219 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N91886 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.