Placerville Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Placerville, California 95667
Sunday, December 1, 2013 17:45 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot reported that after the airplane touched down he saw a deer on the runway. There was not enough room to perform an aborted landing so he applied full brakes. After impacting the deer with the right wing, which resulted in substantial damage, the airplane veered off the runway and down an embankment. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The airplane's collision with a deer on the runway during landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/1/2013
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1745
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City Placerville
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 95667
Event Date Year 2013
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 384327N
Event Location Longitude 1204512W
Event Location Airport PLACERVILLE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PVF
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 180
Airport Elevation 2585
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1335 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 312
Weather Observation Facility ID KAUN
Elevation of weather observation facility 1531
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 21
Time Zone of the weather observation UTC
Lighting Conditions Day
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) 7
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KAUN 011335Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/01 A30
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 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 32451
NTSB Notification Source FAA Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 3 2014 7:37PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N145WP
NTSB Number WPR14CA060
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model G35
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number D-4440
Certified Max Gross Weight 2778
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name STONG JONATHAN L
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City PLACERVILLE
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 956678741
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name STONG JONATHAN L
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City PLACERVILLE
Operator State CA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 956678741
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
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 --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PRB
Departure City PASO ROBLES
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1625
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code PVF
Destination City PLACERVILLE
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 3 2014 7:37PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 23
Runway Length 3910
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --