SANDSTONE, MN, USA
N56750
PIPER PA-28-140
JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, A DEER RAN TOWARD AND COLLIDED WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND ABORTED THE LANDING. A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES FOLLOWED BY THE TERRAIN. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE IMPACT WITH THE DEER DAMAGED THE GASCOLATOR TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COMPROMISED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND FUEL STARVATION RESULTED.
THE COLLISION WITH THE DEER, THE DAMAGE TO THE GASCOLATOR WHICH RESULTED FROM THE COLLISION AND THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ABORT THE LANDING AFTER THE COLLISION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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