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CEN12IA383

2012-06-15 · Ozark, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport KAIZ

N305LX has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16, built 2008), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The airplane’s collision with a deer during the landing roll.

Factual narrative

During a night landing, the crew made a visual approach to the runway and the airplane touched down without any abnormalities. As the airplane slowed from about 80 knots, a deer appeared in the airplane’s landing lights. The deer then ran across the runway in front of the airplane and impacted the nose wheel. An examination of the airplane revealed that the nose wheel well pressure vessel sustained substantial damage in the collision. During a night landing, the flight crew made a visual approach to the runway and the airplane touched down without any abnormalities. As the airplane slowed through about 80 knots, a deer appeared in the airplane’s landing lights. The deer then ran across the runway and was struck by the airplane’s nose wheel. Postaccident examination revealed that the nosewheel well pressure vessel sustained substantial damage as a result of the collision. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • C Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Animal(s)/bird(s)-Effect on equipment - C

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2012_CEN12IA383.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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