- Date
- September 20, 2008, 19:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- New Castle, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2184NMooney M20S
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080920848619A
- Case key
- 68974
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The on-ground collision with a deer during the takeoff roll. A contributing factor in the accident was the failure to completely secure the airport perimeter.
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
During the takeoff roll from an airport that did not have the perimeter completely fenced, the airplane collided with a deer that ran across the runway. The pilot successfully aborted the takeoff and taxied to his hangar.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll while accelerating through 50 knots, the airplane collided with one of a group of four deer that ran across the runway from the left to the right. He aborted the takeoff without experiencing a loss of directional control and taxied the airplane to the hangar. He further stated that the airport is fenced around the perimeter with the exception of the main driveway, which provides access to the facility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2184N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-0039
- Airframe hours
- 942
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550 SERIES, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C & M Aeronautical Inc
- Registered owner
- C & M Aeronautical Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 2007
- Departed
- UCP · New Castle, PA
- Destination
- UCP · New Castle, PA
- Airport
- UCP · New Castle Municipal Airport, runway 23, 3,995 × 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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 16, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,157 total · 690 in this make and model · 2,087 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- UCP
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 N2184N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.