Beech BE90 accident near Roseau, Minnesota, June 27, 2002
On June 27, 2002 at about 9:36 am local time, a Beech BE90, registered N911ND, was substantially damaged in an accident near Roseau, Minnesota (Roseau Airport). It was a positioning flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
An inadvertent collision with a deer during the landing roll.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 27, 2002 · about 9:36 am local time
- Place
- Roseau, Minnesota · Roseau Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech BE90
- Registration
- N911ND · no longer on the register · serial LJ-774
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it hit a deer during landing roll and the left main landing gear subsequently collapsed. The pilot reported that he touched down about 1,000 feet from the threshold and that a deer impacted the left side of the aircraft immediately after touchdown. He stated that the left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft yawed to the left departing the runway. The aircraft came to a rest in a ditch approximately half-way down the runway.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, flight engineer
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,646 hours in all; 313 in this make and model; 109 in the last 90 days; 57 in the last 30 days; 2,543 as pilot in command; 494 on instruments
- Last flight review: March 16, 2002
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,000 hours in all; 3,000 as pilot in command; 254 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 10,449.4 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, June 12, 2002; 43.1 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 9,650 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney PT 6A-21 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: FAR Fargo ND at 8:50 am
- Destination: ROX Roseau MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 16, 4,400 ft by 75 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: night, bright
- Wind: from 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 9,000 ft
- Temperature: 70°F (21°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg
- Observation at 9:58 am from ROX
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 4 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.