# Accident 20000525010061A: Cessna 152, Noble, OK, May 25, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 25, 2000, 18:12 local time - Place: Noble, OK - Damage: Destroyed - Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft - Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: QFGS - Location: 35.1399° N, 97.3692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1399&lon=-97.3692&mi=10 - Aircraft: N45973, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45973-2000-10-17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Reported engine: LYC O235L2C - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 37 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA154) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525010061A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)N45973, A CESSNA 152, COLLIDED IN MID-AIR WITH N974SR, A CESSNA 182. THE PILOT OF N45973 WAS PRACTICING MANEUVER IN A LOCAL PRACTICE AREA, AND THE PILOT OF N974SR WAS ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TO SHERMAN, TEXAS, WHEN THE MID-AIR COLLISION OCCURRED. NO PASSENGERS WERE CARRIED ABOARD EITHER AIRCRAFT. BOTH PILOTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. (.4)ON MAY 25, 2000, AT 1812 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N45973, AND A CESSNA 182L SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N974SR, COLLIDED IN-FLIGHT NEAR NOBLE, OKLAHOMA. THE CESSNA 152 WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AIRMAN FLIGHT SCHOOL, INC., OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE CESSNA 182 WAS REGISTERED TO MAD MAX AEROBATICS, INC., OF SADLER, TEXAS, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE CESSNA 152, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE CESSNA 182, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND FLIGHT PLANS WERE NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHTS. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 152, ON A LOCAL SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, DEPARTED THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WESTHEIMER AIRPORT (OUN), NORMA N, OKLAHOMA, APPROXIMATELY 1756. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 182, ON A PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DESTINED FOR SHERMAN, TEXAS, DEPARTED OUN, APPROXIMATELY 1804. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT AIRMAN FLIGHT SCHOOL, THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 152 WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE FROM 1700 UNTIL 1900, IN THE LOCAL TRAINING AREA, TO PRACTICE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT MANEUVERS. ACCORDING TO RADAR DATA PROVIDED BY THE OKLAHOMA CITY TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL (TRACON), AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OUN, THE FIRST RADAR RETURN OF THE CESSNA 152 WAS AT 1756:17. AT 1807:31, APPROXIMATELY 12 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, THE DATA DEPICTED THE START OF A GROUND TRACK RESEMBLING FIGURE-EIGHTS. THE ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FOR THE CESSNA 152. AFTER DEPARTURE FROM OUN, THE FIRST RADAR RETURN OF THE CESSNA 182 WAS AT 1804.59. THE DATA DEPICTED THE AIRPLANE, WITH A 1200 BEACON CODE, MOVING IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION TOWARD ITS INTENDED DESTINATION. THE FOLLOWING TABLE INCLUDES TIME AND ALTITUDE FOR THE CESSNA 182: TIME ALTITUDE (FEET AGL) 1804:59 1,300 1806:26 2,200 1807:31 2,100 1809:04 2,000 1810:31 2,000 1811:41 2,000. THE LAST RADAR RETURN FROM THE CESSNA 152 WAS AT 1811:45, AND THE LAST RADAR RETURN FROM THE CESSNA 182 WAS AT 1811:41. AT THE TIME OF THE LAST RADAR RETURNS, THE TARGETS WERE ABOUT 12 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, AND THE CESSNA 152 WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE CESSNA 182. THE CESSNA 152 WAS HEADING TO THE WEST, AND THE CESSNA 182 WAS HEADING TO THE SOUTHEAST. WITNESSES, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TWO STATUTE MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE, STATED THAT THEY HEARD A "BOOM," LOOKED UP, AND SAW THE TWO AIRPLANES FALLING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. THE WITNESSES CALLED 911, AND THEN RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT LOCATION. ## Other aircraft in the event - N974SR, Cessna 182L: [Accident 20000525010062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525010062A) ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW00FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA154), May 25, 2000: Cessna 152 (N45973), Noble, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of both pilots to maintain visual lookout. ## Other reports on N45973 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19980430008189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980430008189A), Apr 30, 1998: Cessna 152 (N45973), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. Student pilot applied too much elevator control on landing, ballooned ober the rwy. Norman, OK. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.