# Incident 20021119034769I: Cessna 152, Estherville, IA, November 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2002, 21:30 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68433, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68433-2011-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021119034769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) NOVEMBER 19, 2002 AT 9:30 PM (2130CST) WHILE LANDING AT ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT, ESTHERVILLE, IOWA, CHRISTOPHER FREED WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N68433, A CESSNA CE-152 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DEER ON THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAIRING. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT STRUCTURAL ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. CHRISTOPHER FREED WAS CURRENT AT NIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT AND HAD A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THE AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED BY A FAR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL AND IS WITHIN CURRENT INSPECTION STATUS. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED AS A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N68433 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19931013043609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931013043609I), Oct 13, 1993: Cessna 152 (N68433), Estherville, IA, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing while practicing touch and go. Nose wheel strut damaged.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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