- Date
- June 6, 1994, 21:45 local (Jun 7, 1994, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N265JHRockwell AC-690
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41944
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Probable cause
Animals (deer) on the runway during the landing roll. Factors include a dark night.
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 the landing roll, two or more deer ran onto the runway and were impacted by the nose and right side of the aircraft. The deer were not illuminated by the landing light until the moment of impact.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 1994, approximately 2145 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Rockwell International AC-690, N265JH, impacted deer during the landing roll at Natrona County Airport, Casper, Wyoming. The airline transport rated pilot and his passenger were not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The FAR Part 91 business flight, which departed Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson, Wyoming, about 2045 MDT, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. The aircraft had been on an IFR flight plan, and there was no report of an ELT activation.
According to the pilot, the aircraft was decelerating through about 80 knots when two or more deer ran onto the runway, and were impacted by the nose and right wing of the aircraft. The pilot said that the deer were not illuminated by the landing light until the moment of impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N265JH
- Reported as
- Rockwell AC-690
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11689
- Airframe hours
- 6,713
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Spence, Moriarity, & Schuster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 24, 1994 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- JAC · Jackson, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CPR · Natrona County, runway 21, 10,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,160 total · 7,300 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F