Muskegon County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Muskegon, Michigan 49441
Tuesady, August 19, 2003 23:15 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The aircraft impacted a deer while on landing rollout. The deer was struck by the left propeller, causing substantial damage to the left engine nacelle firewall and supporting structure.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The airplane colliding with a deer during the landing roll.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/19/2003
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 2315
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Muskegon
Event State MICHIGAN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 49441
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 431010N
Event Location Longitude 0861417W
Event Location Airport Muskegon County Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MKG
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 628
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2255 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID MKG
Elevation of weather observation facility 628
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 19
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.13
Density Altitude (feet) 1025
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 12
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 14861
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Aug 20 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 148
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 2 2004 8:07AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Federal Aviation Adminstration - Grand Rapids FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N79SK
NTSB Number CHI03LA276
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 121: Air Carrier
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model 1900D
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number UE-79
Certified Max Gross Weight 16765
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 21
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Aug 11 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 25.7
Airframe Hours 21774.1
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Skyway Airlines
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1190 West Rawson Avenue
Aircraft Owner City Oak Creek
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 53154
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code S2YA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code MKE
Departure City Milwaukee
Departure State WI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 2140
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code MKG
Destination City Muskegon
Destination State MI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Dec 31 2003 3:20PM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 06
Runway Length 6501
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --