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BFO88LA016

1988-02-01 · WHEELING, West Virginia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HLG

N287W has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (FRANK WATSON CCX-2000, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT LANDED AFTER AN ILS APCH TO RWY 03. ACCORDING TO THE PLT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE SAW DEER AHEAD ON THE RWY. BEFORE HE COULD TAKE EVASIVE ACTION THE ACFT STRUCK TWO DEER. AFTERWARDS BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LOST. THE PLT STEERED THE ACFT ONTO GRASS OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY TO AVOID GOING PAST THE RWY END AND DOWN A HILL. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE DEER WERE STRUCK WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, FRACTURING A HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_BFO88LA016.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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