# NTSB WPR14CA060: Beech G35, N145WP, Placerville, CA, December 2, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 1, 2013, 17:45 local (Dec 2, 2013, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Coordinates: 38.724166, -120.753334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14CA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88506/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88506
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA060

## Probable cause

The airplane's collision with a deer on the runway during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech G35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=1151516), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech G35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=1151516), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after the airplane touched down he saw a deer on the runway. There was not enough room to perform an aborted landing so he applied full brakes. After impacting the deer with the right wing, which resulted in substantial damage, the airplane veered off the runway and down an embankment. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that after the airplane touched down he saw a deer on the runway. There was not enough room to perform an aborted landing so he applied full brakes. After impacting the deer with the right wing, which resulted in substantial damage, the airplane veered off the runway and down an embankment. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N145WP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N145WP-2019-01-14), registration cancelled 2019-01-14, S/N D-4440, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G35
- Registry model: [Beech G35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g35) (registry code 1151516) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-4440
- Year built: 1955
- Engines: Continental Motors E-225-8 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: PRB, PASO ROBLES, CA
- Destination: PVF, PLACERVILLE, CA
- Airport: PVF, Placerville, runway 23, 3,910 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 9, 2013; seat: left; flight hours: 393 total, 290 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.29 inHg
- Observed at: KAUN, 21 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20131201025219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131201025219A), Dec 1, 2013: Beech G35, Placerville, CA, Minor damage. The aircraft struck a deer during landing roll out. Right brake failed due to dear strike causing the aircraft to lose control and run off the runway down an…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 20, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88506. 303 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 303 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40407330&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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