Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CEN22LA136

Pinckneyville, IL, USA

Aircraft #1

N99104

CESSNA 172P

Analysis

The flight instructor and student pilot were completing stop-and-go landings at night at an uncontrolled airport. During the second landing, a deer collided with the left rear fuselage and the empennage, then the airplane yawed left. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and taxied off the runway without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer.

Probable Cause and Findings

The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during landing.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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