NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC02LA057
Registry · N18325
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH C23
Year of manufacture
1981 · 21 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810914
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A14E8D
Registrant of record
HAWKINS RANDALL F
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
An inadvertent collision with a deer while landing at dusk. A factor in the accident was the dusk light condition.
Factual narrative
On February 8, 2002, about 1800 eastern standard time, a Beech BE-23, N18325, was substantially damaged when it struck a deer while landing at the Mason County Airport Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. In a written statement, the pilot said he was landing at dusk, on runway 25, when he felt the airplane hit something. A post accident inspection of the airplane revealed the airplane struck a deer. The pilot stated he did not see the deer on or near the runway while landing. The airplane sustained damage to the right wing leading edge, near the right fuel tank. The private pilot was landing in dusk light conditions, when just before touchdown the airplane struck a deer with its right wing. The airplane sustained damage to the right wing leading edge, near the fuel tank. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2002_NYC02LA057.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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