# NTSB CHI07CA082: Cessna 172N, N9478E, Pinckneyville, IL, February 11, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 10, 2007, 19:00 local (Feb 11, 2007, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Pinckneyville, IL
- Coordinates: 37.977779, -89.360557
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9778&lon=-89.3606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-Springfield FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65389
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65389/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA082

## Probable cause

Presence of a deer on the runway resulting in an inadvertent collision during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - animal(s) (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane was substantially damaged when it struck a deer while landing.  The pilot stated:  "As I landed . . . a deer struck my right horizontal stabilizer [causing] structural damage on the right stabilizer."  Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The pilot was not injured.

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it struck a deer while landing.  The pilot stated:  "As I landed . . . a deer struck my right horizontal stabilizer [causing] structural damage on the right stabilizer."  Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The pilot was not injured.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9478E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9478E), registered now, S/N 17272276 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272276
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: BUU, Burlington, WI
- Destination: PJY, Pinckneyville, IL
- Airport: PJY, Pinckneyville-Du Quoin, runway 18, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 110 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night

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