Name: North Flight aircraft strikes a deer on the Beaver Island runway, August 30, 2005
Start: 2005-08-30
End: 2005-08-30
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-08-30
Kind: Accident
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: aviationwildlifeemergency-managementtransportationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

After dark on August 30, 2005, a North Flight MU-2 dispatched for a cardiac patient struck a small deer on the Beaver Island Municipal Airport runway. The aircraft suffered a damaged wheel and remained on the Island for three days; the patient received interim care at a friend’s house.

Evidence limits

The newspaper account does not provide an aviation incident report, animal mortality record, or medical record for the patient.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Carol Smith, North Flight Air Division, “North Flight Fixed Wing,” Beaver Island Forum, September 20, 2005.
The North Flight manager reported a late-August deer strike during landing, minimal damage, and no injuries, and thanked local helpers and Island Airways. The post does not preserve an incident report, aircraft identity, or exact date.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000447
Beaver Island Forum, “Incident,” August 31, 2005.
A short contemporaneous discussion independently reports that an air-ambulance wheel strut hit a deer while landing and that no one was hurt. It corroborates the general incident but supplies no official operational details.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000424
Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "A Crowded Runway."
Reports a North Flight MU-2 dispatched for a cardiac patient striking a small deer after dark, sustaining a damaged wheel, remaining on the Island for three days, and leaving the patient to receive care at a friend's house. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the aircraft incident report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “North Flight aircraft strikes a deer on the Beaver Island runway, August 30, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-northflight-deer-aircraft-collision-august-30-2005/, accessed [date], citing Carol Smith, North Flight Air Division, “North Flight Fixed Wing,” Beaver Island Forum, September 20, 2005. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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