Probable cause
An inadvertent collision with wildlife while landing.
NTSB analysis
The pilot approached his home airport on a long, straight-in, visual approach to land on a clear night with no wind. As the airplane touched down on the main landing gear, the pilot detected a "flash of brown" from his left and felt 3 rapid and distinct impacts before lowering the nose landing gear to the runway, which subsequently collapsed. The three occupants of the airplane egressed uninjured, and noted that the airplane had been substantially damaged. Several fatally injured deer were subsequently found on the runway. As a result of this investigation, the state department of transportation accelerated the planning and funding of a wildlife mitigation fence around the airport.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA14CA214 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Apr 28, 2014
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Hazlehurst, Georgia
- Nearest airport
- Hazlehurst (AZE)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Night, dark
Beech A36
- N-number
- N6330K
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1982
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.