Cessna 172S N6194V

Summary

On 14 February 2012 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N6194V, operated by Auburn University, was involved in an accident near Eufaula, Alabama, 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

14 February 2012 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Eufaula, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Weedon Field Airport (EUF)

Coordinates

31.9517, -85.1178

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N6194V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Auburn University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Panama City → Eufaula

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA12CA185

Nobody was injured.

An inadvertent collision 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

According to the flight instructor, during a night landing at a non-tower-controlled airport, the student pilot flared the airplane. They both then felt and heard a loud jolt and thought the student pilot had made a hard landing. The student pilot completed the landing roll, turned the airplane around, and began to back taxi. During the back taxi, both pilots saw remnants of a deer in the middle of the runway. The student pilot was then directed to taxi off the runway and shut down the engine. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the main landing gear, engine compartment firewall, lower fuselage, nose cowling and propeller. No preexisting mechanical anomalies were noted with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.