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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event GAA18CA155

2018-03-10 Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States Airport · MOP None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N500MP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LEARJET INC 31A

Year of manufacture

2000 · 18 years old at event

Engine

ALLIEDSIGN TFE 731-2B

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20000330

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A63B11

Registrant of record

N500MP LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane collided with two deer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the leading edge of the left wing. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airport/Facility Directory for the accident airport, deer may be located on, and in vicinity of the airport. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane collided with two deer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the leading edge of the left wing. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airport/Facility Directory for the accident airport, deer may be located on, and in vicinity of the airport. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or 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_2018_GAA18CA155.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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