- Date
- March 7, 2001, 19:30 local (Mar 8, 2001, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Enterprise, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71354Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20010307004119A
- Case key
- 51901
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Probable cause
Inadvertent collision with a deer while landing. A contributing factor was night conditions.
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
The private pilot reported that he was practicing stop-and-go landings at night. He stated that on the second landing, during the landing roll, the aircraft collided with a deer that ran onto the runway.
Factual narrative
On March 7, 2001, about 1930 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182M, N71354, sustained substantial damage during the landing roll on runway 30, at Enterprise Municipal Airport (8S4), Enterprise, Oregon. The airplane is owned by Chief Joseph Flying, Inc., and was being operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) night flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Enterprise approximately 5 minutes prior to the accident.
During a telephone conversation with the NTSB on March 12, 2001, the pilot reported that he was practicing stop-and-go landings at night. He stated that on the second landing, during the landing roll, the aircraft collided with a deer that ran onto the runway.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing lift strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71354
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259589
- Airframe hours
- 5,023
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lowell E. Euhus
- Registered owner
- Chief Joseph Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 2000 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 8S4 · Enterprise, OR
- Destination
- 8S4
- Airport
- 8S4 · Enterprise Muni, runway 30, 2,850 × 50 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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 10, 1999
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 867 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °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 N71354 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.