Beechcraft 35 N8753A

Summary

On 30 June 2005 at about 02:40 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N8753A was involved in an accident near Boerne, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 June 2005 at 02:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Boerne, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Boerne Stage Field (5C1)

Coordinates

29.7211, -98.6900

Aircraft

Beechcraft 35

Registration

N8753A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eufaula → San Antonio

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DFW05CA205

Nobody was injured.

The airplane's collision with a deer during touchdown. A contributing factor was the prevailing dark night condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 785-hour pilot reported that it was a "very dark night" when he made his visual approach to the runway, and both his landing light and the runway lights were on. Just after touch-down, with the nose-wheel still in the air, the pilot saw something on the right [side], then felt a thud and saw a deer under the nose on the left side. The pilot then, "felt a second thud" which he believed to be the deer, passing under the left flap. The airplane's nose then dropped, and skidded along the runway, as the airplane veered to the right. The airplane came to a stop approximately 20-feet from the right side of the runway. The deer was killed from the impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.