- Date
- July 15, 1987, 21:00 local (Jul 16, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1997LBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870715082559A
- Case key
- 30728
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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 landing at late dusk, the aircraft collided with a deer that darted onto the runway. The pilot said there was no time to take evasive action before the collision. The left wing and left gear door were damaged and the left fuel tank was ruptured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1997L
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ML430
- Airframe hours
- 1,850
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kyle, Engle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DXR · Danbury, CT
- Airport
- DXR · Danville Muni, runway 26, 4,419 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 146 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 276 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.