ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298217
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Date: | Thursday 13 December 2001 |
Time: | 17:55 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Owner/operator: | Silvano Gai |
Registration: | N4328B |
MSN: | 32R-8429003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3808 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Groveland, California -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | San Jose-Norman Y. Mineta International Airport (SJC/KSJC) |
Destination airport: | Groveland (Q68) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During the pilot's dark nighttime landing flare on runway 09 at the uncontrolled airport, an unobserved deer crossed the active runway in front of the approaching airplane. The airplane's undercarriage impacted the deer, and the landing gear collapsed. Thereafter, the pilot lost control of the airplane as it veered off the runway coming to rest oriented 180 degrees from the landing direction. The Federal Aviation Administration's "Airport/Facility Directory" contained the following remark for the airport: "Be alert deer on and in vicinity of arpt...."
Probable Cause: The pilot's collision with an unobserved animal that entered the active runway during the dark nighttime when the pilot's visibility was diminished.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX02LA048 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX02LA048
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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