- Date
- October 22, 1981
- Place
- Princeton, NJ · PRINCETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38205Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811022071129A
- Case key
- 123431
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2887 81/10/22 PRINCETON,NJ PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 619 TIME - 2100 N38205 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCETON,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP REMARKS- HIT DEER ON DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38205
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Princeton
N38205Registered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N38205 · 1
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