- Date
- September 17, 2024, 00:40 local (06:40 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NM · On Air Port
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N102DBRaytheon B200
- Defining event
- Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240917020089A
- Case key
- 195136
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The airplane’s collision with an elk during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the multi-engine airplane reported that, during the landing flare as the airplane was about to touch down, an elk ran onto the runway and into the landing path of the airplane. The airplane collided with the animal, the left landing gear collapsed, and the left wing impacted the runway surface. Subsequently, the airplane veered left and exited the left side of the runway before it came to rest. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102DB
- Reported as
- Raytheon B200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB1537
- Built
- 1996
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney PT6A YLA, 850 horsepower, turbo propPratt and Whitney PT6A YLA, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 135
- Operator
- Finch Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Finch Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 13, 2024
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LVS · Las Vegas Muni, runway 14, 8,199 × 75 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 28, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,473 total · 140 in this make and model · 1,392 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 19, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,185 total · 199 in this make and model · 825 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KLVS
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 13, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.