• On July 31,1946, a
Stearman Biplane crashed in a nearby farm during an attempted
emergency landing at 6:35 pm, killing its pilot. • On September 23, 1950, a
Vultee BT-13 Valiant crashed during landing, killing its pilot. The pilot was from
Custar and not a student. • On May 1, 1982, a
Piper PA-28 Cherokee 140 crashed into Frazee
Apartments a half mile from the airport. Four on board the plane were killed, but there were no ground fatalities. In the immediate aftermath, the crash was attributed to the plane being overloaded for a flight bound for
Columbus. The victims included the pilot, who was a BGSU junior, two people from
Napoleon, Ohio, and a student of
Northwest State Community College. • In 1993, a pilot noticed a plane on the runway during his landing, aborting his landing to instead crash in a nearby field. The pilot avoided serious injury but damaged the plane seriously in the process. • The roof of a hangar was destroyed by a storm in July 2003. Several planes were damaged. • $60,000 was stolen from the airport between May 2007 and March 2008. The perpetrator had been a student at Bowling Green State University and assistant manager of the airport. • On August 30, 2012, an
experimental Kitfox 5 sustained substantial damage when it nosed-over on landing at the Wood County Airport. An
instructor pilot onboard said the purpose of the flight was to get the pilot flying, who had not flown for years and was not current, familiarized with his new tailwheel-equipped aircraft. The instructor added that the brakes were sensitive and that it was easy to apply them inadvertently while using the rudders. The pilot had already made two uneventful landings before switching to a grassy area parallel to a hard-surface runway due to a wind shift. On the second grass landing, the pilot applied too much brake pressure while on the landing roll, and the aircraft nosed over. The flight instructor said the accident happened so fast that he did not have time to tell the pilot to get off the brakes and tried to correct the situation by pulling full aft on the control stick. The probable cause of the accident was found to be the pilot receiving instruction's excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control. • On December 13, 2013, a
Piper PA-28 Cherokee collided with a bird while departing from the Wood County Airport on a training flight. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident. • On September 13, 2016, the right
landing gear of a Piper PA-28R-201 collapsed while
taxiing after landing. The aircraft was damaged, but its two occupants were uninjured. • On January 6, 2019, a
Piper PA-28 Cherokee flown by a student pilot was substantially damaged on landing at the Wood County Airport. The student pilot reported that, while on short final, she reduced power to lose altitude and pulled back on the yoke for the landing flare. The main landing wheels touched down and the airplane suddenly veered left. The pilot corrected with right rudder control and applied the brakes, but the aircraft continued left, exited the runway onto the grass infield, and impacted a ditch. • On September 3, 2025, at about 1135 eastern daylight time, a
Piper PA-44-180 Seminole was substantially damaged during a
go-around at Wood County Airport. According to the private pilot, who was undergoing a checkride for a
private pilot airplane multi-engine land rating while at altitude, the right engine was manually shut down to perform single-engine operations. After completing the single-engine maneuvers at altitude, the private pilot reported that the
DPE initiated the procedure to restart the engine. The DPE then stated that he believed the engine had restarted because of the increase in
manifold pressure indicated on the engine instrument gauges. Both pilots reported that the right engine was not brought back up to full power to ensure the engine was capable of normal operation after the in-flight shutdown. While on a final approach to land at Wood County Airport, the private pilot reported that his approach was unstable and that he decided to execute a go-around. The private pilot advanced both throttles to full power; however, only the left engine responded, and the airplane yawed to the right. The DPE then took control of the airplane, where he reported that he retracted the
landing gear and
flaps, and then feathered the right propeller. The DPE stated that the airplane was unable to climb, and it continued to descend. The DPE turned the airplane to the right toward a field, and during the turn, the airplane impacted the field. the airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. ==See also==