Piper PA-32RT-200 N9385C
30 April 2000 · Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 April 2000 at about 01:30 local time, a Piper PA-32RT-200 registered N9385C was involved in an accident near Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 01:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.8206, -79.8600
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32RT-200
- Registration
- N9385C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kennasaw → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- ATL00LA053
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The airplane collision with a deer during a night landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot arrived at the destination airport and established a traffic pattern for a night landing on runway 17. The pilot completed the before landing check which included turning on the landing light. According to the pilot, the airplane was approximately 2500 feet down the runway on the landing roll when a deer was observed on the runway. As the airplane continued the landing roll-out, the right propeller struck the deer. After the airplane struck the deer, the right main landing gear collapsed. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2000 | Piper PA-32RT | Selmer, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Mar 2000 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Guatemala City, Guatemala | Wings of Hope Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2000 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | W. Columbia, South Carolina, United States | Corporate Air Fleet, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 2000 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Wewahitchka, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Ithaca, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Medina, Ohio, United States | Westline Construction | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2000 | Piper PA-31-350 | Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States | Patton Aviatin Inc,. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 2000 | Hiller UH-12ET | Stonesboro, South Carolina, United States | Henry Haddock | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 2000 | Grumman G164A | Dillon, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 2000 | Piper PA-24-180 | Cordesville, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Nov 2000 | Piper PA-32-260 | Florence, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jan 2000 | Mooney M20M | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |