- Date
- June 20, 1993, 01:15 local (07:15 UTC)
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8262SPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930620019629A
- Case key
- 43040
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The wild animals on the runway. A factor relating to the accident was the dark night light conditions.
Analysis
The acft struck deer on the runway during landing ground roll in dark night light 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8262S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190035
- Airframe hours
- 6,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Hartle, C. Wayne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1993 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- PVU · Provo Municipal, runway 18, 7,091 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 132 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °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.
Other investigations on N8262S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.