Wood County Airport (Ohio)

The airport was established in 1939, and purchased by Bowling Green State University in 1942 for use in the V-12 Navy College Training Program.[5][6] On its acquisition it was named Bricker field after Ohio governor John W. Bricker.[7][8] After the war, traffic at the airport decreased well below capacity.[9] A Lockheed T-33 was added as a Gate guardian between 1965 and 1967.[10] Bricker Field was transferred from the university to the local government in 1970.[11]

• A Stearman Biplane crashed in a nearby farm during an attempted emergency landing on July 31st 1946 at 6:35PM, killing its pilot.[12]
• A Vultee BT-13 Valiant crashed during landing at 3:30PM on September 23rd, 1950, killing its pilot. The pilot was from Custar and not a student.[13]
• A Cherokee 140 crashed into Frazee Apartments a half mile from the airport on May 1st 1982 at 10:40AM. 4 onboard the plane were killed, but there were no ground fatalities.[14] In the immediate aftermath, the crash was attributed to the plane being overloaded for a flight bound for Columbus.[15] The victims included the pilot, who was a BGSU junior, two people from Napoleon, Ohio, and a student of Northwest State Community College.[16]
• The roof of a hangar was destroyed by a storm in July 2003. Several planes were damaged.[17]
• $60,000 was stolen from the airport between May 2007 and March 2008.[18]
• The right landing gear of a Piper PA-28R-201 collapsed while taxiing after landing on September 13th, 2016 at 8:40AM. The aircraft was damaged, but its two occupants were uninjured.[19]
• An MD-369[20] helicopter performing power line inspection for FirstEnergy crashed at 11:36AM on January 15th, 2018, 78 minutes after take off, causing the deaths of the powerline inspector and the pilot. The cause of the crash was identified as a loss of engine power at a low altitude with winter weather being a factor.[21]