Cessna 172P N99104

Summary

On 4 March 2022 at about 00:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N99104, operated by Southern Illinois University, was involved in an accident near Pinckneyville, Illinois, 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

4 March 2022 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Pinckneyville-du Quoin (PJY)

Coordinates

37.9758, -89.3605

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N99104

Category

Airplane

Year built

1985

Engines

1

Operator

Southern Illinois University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN22LA136

Nobody was injured.

The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot were completing stop-and-go landings at night at an uncontrolled airport. During the second landing, a deer collided with the left rear fuselage and the empennage, then the airplane yawed left. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and taxied off the runway without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.