- Date
- December 5, 1999, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, MD
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5260SCessna TR 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991205043349A
- Case key
- 48384
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
Deer that entered the runway environment while the pilot was executing a takeoff.
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 pilot maneuvered the airplane to avoid two or three deer that enter the runway from the right while he was executing a takeoff.
Factual narrative
On December 5, 1999, about 1435 eastern standard time, a Cessna TR 182, N5260S, was substantially damaged during takeoff at Haysfield Airport, Clarksville, Maryland. The certificated private pilot, and two passengers sustained minor injures. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal local flight. No flight plan was filed, and the flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector that responded to the accident, the airplane was using runway 13 for departure. Records indicate that the runway was grassed covered, and 2,400 feet long by 85 feet wide.
Examination of ground marks revealed a set of "faint" tracks, consistent with wheel marks, 600 to 1,000 feet down the runway. The marks departed the runway to the left, and were oriented on an approximate heading of 100 degrees magnetic. A tree, approximately 10 feet tall, to the left of the runway and along the debris path was knocked down. Another tree, approximately 88 feet farther, had fresh cut marks. Sixty two feet beyond the second tree, were ground scares, and 15 beyond that was a second set of ground scares. The airplane came to rest approximately 190 feet from the first tree, with the fuselage pointing about 195 degrees magnetic.
The pilot reported that he maneuvered the airplane to avoid two or three deer he saw enter the runway from the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5260S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201527
- Airframe hours
- 2,946
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1999 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- MD24
- Airport
- MD45 · Haysfield, runway 13, 2,400 × 85 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 197 total · 19 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 15 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.