- Date
- August 28, 1985, 22:15 local (Aug 29, 1985, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3380RCessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850828041789A
- Case key
- 35959
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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
During a normal night landing, a deer darted onto the runway and struck the tail section of the aircraft causing major structural damage. The deer was not located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3380R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258680
- Airframe hours
- 2,770
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey D. Fischer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985
- Departed
- 81N · Flanders, NJ
- Destination
- 1N7
- Airport
- 1N7 · Blairstown, runway 25, 3,102 × 70 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 193 in this make and model · 176 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °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 N3380R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.