NTSB CHI07CA082 — 2007-02-10 · Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States

Current FAA registration · N9478E

Make / Model: CESSNA 172N
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AD2A9E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9478E Cessna 172N None

Probable cause & findings

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

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. 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2007_CHI07CA082.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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