Cirrus SR22 N615EM

Summary

On 30 June 2018 at about 01:45 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N615EM, operated by Ginther Associates LLC, was involved in an accident near Hudson, New York, 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

30 June 2018 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Hudson, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Columbia County (1B1)

Coordinates

42.2914, -73.7103

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22

Registration

N615EM

Category

Airplane

Year built

2010

Engines

1

Operator

Ginther Associates LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

College Park → Hudson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

GAA18CA420

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

According to the pilot, following a night visual flight rules cross-country flight, he overflew the destination airport at 1,500 ft above ground level and set up a normal approach. Just before touchdown, he saw a deer walk onto the runway from the right and collide with the left main landing gear, which then separated from the airplane. As the airplane settled, the left wing struck the runway, and the airplane veered left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage the left wing spar and the left main landing gear attachment points. The airport facility directory did not contain a note to caution that deer were in the vicinity of the airport. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.