- Date
- September 29, 1985, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wexford, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1886DBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850929047919A
- Case key
- 30154
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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
Aircraft was landing on private grass strip and during landing roll struck a deer with the right wing tip. The grass was wet and the pilot lost directional control. The aircraft impacted trees that bordered the airstrip and was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1886D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3158
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alvin C. Vorndran
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1985
- Departed
- 7G1 · New Cumberland, WV
- Destination
- Wexford, PA
- Airport
- Spec Farm, runway 5, 1,300 × 50 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,754 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 2,389 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.