Cessna 152 N95445

Summary

On 24 August 2021 at about 14:46 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N95445, operated by Kent State University, was involved in an accident near Stow, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 August 2021 at 14:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Stow, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Kent State University Airport (1G3)

Coordinates

41.1556, -81.4142

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N95445

Category

Airplane

Year built

1984

Engines

1

Operator

Kent State University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaver Falls → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN21LA413

Nobody was injured.

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.