# NTSB CEN21LA413: Cessna 152, N95445, Stow, OH, August 24, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 24, 2021, 10:46 local (14:46 UTC)
- Place: Stow, OH
- Coordinates: 41.155556, -81.414167
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1556&lon=-81.4142&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103842
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA413
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103842/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103842
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA413

## Probable cause

The airplane’s impact with a deer during a night landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot was landing at the destination airport following a night cross-country instructional flight when during landing the airplane struck a deer. The flight instructor, who had taken control of the airplane when they saw the deer, maintained control of the airplane, and taxied the airplane off the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and reported that he did everything in his control to avoid the deer.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95445](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95445), registered now, S/N 15285898, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285898
- Year built: 1984
- Airframe hours: 12541
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kent State University
- Registered owner: Kent State University
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 2021
- Departed: BVI, Beaver Falls, PA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 1G3, Kent State University Airport, runway 19, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 39 total, 37 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days
- Flight instructor; age 25; injuries: none; flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 21, 2021; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 208 total, 672 in this make and model, 566 as pilot in command, 124 in the last 90 days, 53 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: AKR, 7 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20210824013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210824013029A), Aug 24, 2021: Cessna 152, Stow, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft N95455 was returning to 1G3 after a night training flight to bvi (beaver county airport). Just after touchdown on runway 19, a deer was seen crossing…

## Other investigations on N95445 (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 ATL90LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA064), Feb 18, 1990: Cessna 152 (N95445), Peewee Valley, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PRECAUTIONARY LANDINGS. THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISIONS, THE LOW FUEL LEVEL, AND THE TERRAIN CONDITIONS AT THE AIRSTRIP WERE RELATED FACTORS.

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103842. 6.8 MB in all.

- NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN21LA413 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12822291&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN21LA413_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Kent state incident report instructor pilot CEN21LA413 (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 165 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12840515&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Kent%20State%20Incident%20Report%20Instructor%20Pilot%20CEN21LA413_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Kent state incident report student pilot CEN21LA413 (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 167 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12840330&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Kent%20State%20Incident%20Report%20Student%20Pilot%20CEN21LA413_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array CEN21LA413 (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 5.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12840131&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20CEN21LA413-Rel.pdf

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.

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