Piper PA-28-140 N1486T

Summary

On 15 August 2022 at about 02:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N1486T, operated by Spivey Darwyn D, was involved in an accident near Talladega, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 2022 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Talladega, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Talladega Muni (ASN)

Coordinates

33.5695, -86.0512

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N1486T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1972

Engines

1

Operator

Spivey Darwyn D

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA22LA371

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that, during the takeoff roll, shortly after the student pilot rotated and lifted off the runway, there was a loud and noticeable impact to the right side of the airplane. The airplane pulled to the right and they elected to land straight ahead. As soon as the airplane touched back down the right wing struck the runway and the airplane skidded to a stop. Neither the flight instructor nor his student observed the deer that the airplane had collided with before the impact. Following the accident, the flight instructor noted that the right main landing gear had separated from the airplane and the deer that the airplane had impacted was near the runway centerline. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector confirmed that the airplane’s elevator was substantially damaged during the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.