Piper PA 28-161 N8369A

Summary

On 28 September 2008 at about 22:26 local time, a Piper PA 28-161 registered N8369A, operated by Beverly Flight Center, was involved in an accident near Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. 3 people were 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

28 September 2008 at 22:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Beverly, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY)

Coordinates

42.5842, -70.9161

Aircraft

Piper PA 28-161

Registration

N8369A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Beverly Flight Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nashua → Beverly

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC08CA327

Nobody was injured.

An inadvertent collision with a deer while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certified flight instructor (CFI) of the Piper PA 28-161 stated that he, a student pilot, and a passenger were conducting an instructional flight in actual instrument meteorological conditions. They returned to their home airport on a cross-country flight, and the CFI executed an instrument approach uneventfully. The airplane then landed on runway 16, a 5,001-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway. About 5 seconds after touch down, while traveling about 50 knots, the CFI observed four or five deer on the right side of the runway. While the other deer scattered away from the runway, one deer ran onto the runway and into the airplane. The CFI swerved the airplane in an attempt to avoid the impact, but was unable. During the impact, the right wing sustained substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.