Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: shad bell
Subject: Pietenpol-List: checking for deer on the runway/ groundhog holesMany times at my home airport at dusk there are deer either near the runway edgesor standing leisurely right on the runway itself so as a pure SAFETY measure Ioftentimes will do a low level fly by over the runway prior to landing to scare anydeeraway from the runway. Of course sometimes I do this at high noon as well just because some deer are latesleepers. In all cases I make sure that there are no other planes in the pattern or back-taxiingorin the turn-arounds waiting to takeoff. Part of this I say in fun and part of it very real because my flight instructorand I killeda deer by accident that darted in front of the Cherokee I was landing at NorthfieldAirportin Ohio back in the early 80's and it damaged the left landing gear and flap. The airplaneveered to the left and the flight instructor pushed hard right rudder to keep usfromgoing into the tree line next to the runway. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:25:28 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Jeff Boatright

Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Didn't Jack share a video a while back that showed a deer darting off the side of the runway during the landing rollout?Clearing for safety is rarely a *bad* idea.Then again, we had a kid in a 152 get attacked by a deer while doing touch and go's. So a clearing pass is no guaruntee, I guess.Wayne Bressler Jr.Taildraggers, Inc.taildraggersinc.comOn Apr 28, 2010, at 8:54 AM, "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation]" wrote:> [ASRC Aerospace Corporation]" >> Many times at my home airport at dusk there are deer either near the > runway edges> or standing leisurely right on the runway itself so as a pure SAFETY > measure I often> times will do a low level fly by over the runway prior to landing to > scare any deer> away from the runway.>> Of course sometimes I do this at high noon as well just because some > deer are late sleepers.> In all cases I make sure that there are no other planes in the > pattern or back-taxiing or> in the turn-arounds waiting to takeoff.>> Part of this I say in fun and part of it very real because my flight > instructor and I killed> a deer by accident that darted in front of the Cherokee I was > landing at Northfield Airport> in Ohio back in the early 80's and it damaged the left landing gear > and flap. The airplane> veered to the left and the flight instructor pushed hard right > rudder to keep us from> going into the tree line next to the runway.>> Mike C.>>________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:30:22 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: First Passenger Ride today!