Accident Cessna 180J N42536, Saturday 9 October 1999

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Date:	Saturday 9 October 1999
Time:	17:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 180J
Owner/operator:	Heritage Travel And Tours, Ltd
Registration:	N42536
MSN:	18052360
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	3345 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pleasant Hills, MO - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	(86K)
Destination airport:	(86K)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
During its takeoff roll from a sod runway, the airplane's pilot said a deer was running toward the airplane from its right side. The pilot said she '...throttled back and hit the brakes...[and the airplane] ground looped.' Ground scars on the runway confirmed that the airplane made a left-hand, 180 degree turn that resulted in a collapsed right main landing gear and the outboard half of the right wing was bent upward about 20 degrees.

Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during an aborted takeoff.

Accident investigation: