# Accident 20250929016159A: Cessna 172, Punxsutawney, PA, September 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Punxsutawney, PA
- Airport: Punxsutawney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9668° N, 78.9299° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9668&lon=-78.9299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6703A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6703A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA375) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250929016159A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:02 EASTERN TIME A CESSNA 172, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT PUNXSUTAWNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (N35). THE C.F.R. PART 91 FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WITH A PRIVATE PILOT RATING. DURING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 06 A DEER COMING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT RAN INTO THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, DURING AIRCRAFT ROLLOUT. THE DEER’S INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE LEFT-WING STRUT THEN PROCEEDED TO HIT THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND DOOR. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP ENOUGH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS TO STAY ON THE RUNWAY. IMPACT TO THE LIFT STRUT CAUSED THE WING TO PULL DOWN RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE WING, LIFT STRUT, FUSELAGE, WING TO FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT AND LIFT STRUT TO WING/FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE ONLY ONE ON BOARD AND REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA375), Sep 29, 2025: Cessna 172 (N6703A), Punxsutawney, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with a deer on a runway during landing roll.

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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