- Date
- September 11, 2006, 20:48 local (Sep 12, 2006, 02:48 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2153RBeech B36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060911018749A
- Case key
- 64507
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Probable cause
Inadvertent collision with a deer during takeoff. 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
In a written statement the pilot reported that the airplane collided with a deer during the takeoff roll on runway 2. The pilot reported that after colliding with the deer, he aborted the takeoff and taxied back to a hanger facility without further incident. The accident occurred after sunset.
Factual narrative
On September 11, 2006, at 2048 mountain daylight time, a Beech B36TC, N2153R, sustained substantial damage after colliding with a deer during the takeoff roll at the Cedar City Regional Airport, Cedar City, Utah. The pilot/operator of the airplane intended to depart Cedar City and conduct a visual flight rules (VFR) night flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight.
In a written statement dated September 20, the pilot reported that the airplane collided with a deer during the takeoff roll on runway 2. The pilot reported that after colliding with the deer, he aborted the takeoff and taxied back to a hanger facility without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2153R
- Reported as
- Beech B36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-540
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cole Orton
- Registered owner
- Sterling Orton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Cedar City, UT
- Destination
- Cedar City, UT
- Airport
- CDC · Cedar City Muni, runway 2, 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 60 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.