Accident Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III N811BC, Wednesday 30 March 2005

Date:	Wednesday 30 March 2005
Time:	08:00
Type:	Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
Owner/operator:	IBC Airways
Registration:	N811BC
MSN:	AC-463
Year of manufacture:	1981
Total airframe hrs:	32203 hours
Engine model:	Garrett TPE331-11U-611G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Destination airport:	Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT/KTNT)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Metro III departed Miami International for a recurrency flight check. After flying the pattern and landing, during the landing rollout, while the engines were in reverse with the airplane at a speed of about 50 knots, the airplane's left propeller impacted a deer which had proceeded across the runway. The impact killed the deer, and detached the propeller, which punctured the fuselage.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The airplane's inadvertent impact with one of several deer that had entered the airport property and crossed the runway during the landing rollout."

Accident investigation: