- Date
- September 13, 1987, 20:25 local (Sep 14, 1987, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Brookline, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51085Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870913051729A
- Case key
- 30732
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an approach to land at night, the pilot saw deer on the runway that were facing his direction and moving to the right. He didn't see the deer until he had reached a point were a go-around would be unsafe for this runway. In an effort to avoid the deer, he slipped the acft to the left. Although he had been using the VASI lights & was aware of their position, the acft's left main gear & wing strut hit the VASI light structure & carried it into a auto which was parked just beyond. The acft then continued another 50 ft and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51085
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069753
- Airframe hours
- 5,235
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred J. T. Dow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1986
- Departed
- NH16
- Airport
- NH16 · Brookline, runway 19, 2,000 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 426 in this make and model · 421 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.