White-tailed deer: Aircraft Strikes

Notable strikes

• 2000-12-06 · EMB-120 · White-tailed deer · Substantial · 1 fatal

  Flt 2 deer. 1 pax had serious injuries and later died from infection. Tip of prop had separated and punctured the plane s fuselage just aft of frame 21 between stringers 14r and 15r. The passenger was in seat 3c. 1 deer was hit by nose gear. Add NTSB final…

• 1994-06-20 · C-175 · White-tailed deer · Substantial

  After t/d, pilot saw deer run onto RWY into path of a/c. He added power to execute a go-around but a/c did not respond properly. A/c was observed circling the arpt & golf course at a very low attitude several times. A/c then made a steep l turn, l wing hit a…

• 1994-06-06 · RKWL TURBO COMMANDER 690 · White-tailed deer · Substantial

  Numerous deer hit during landing rollout. Right prop bent. Substantial damage.1 crew & 1 pax had minor injuries. Time 2145mdt it was a dark night. Deer were not illuminated by landing light until the moment of impact. A/c owned by gerry spence. Pilot -…

• 1996-06-27 · C-182 · White-tailed deer · Destroyed

  During landing flare pax informed pilot that there was a deer off the rt side of the RWY. Pilot attempted to go-around; however, the deer hit the tail of the a/c, jamming the elevator control surface. A/c climbed to 20-25 ft then entered a nose down descent…

• 2001-01-14 · LEARJET-60 · White-tailed deer · Destroyed

  Hit 2 deer and ran off RWY. Thrust reversers were not working. Plane went into a ditch, burst into flames and was destroyed. Pilot and pax were critically injured: 2 breaks of the pelvic bone, 4 fractured vertebrae, crushed right hip, rt leg pulled from…