# Incident 20010801020029I: Cessna 152, Oklahoma City, OK, August 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2001, 12:13 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Tinker Afb
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4147° N, 97.3866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TINKER AFB (TIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4147&lon=-97.3866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47802, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47802-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 63 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010801020029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) N47802, PILOTED BY MR. CHUKWUMA OKOROMA, MADE AN UNAUTHORIZED LANDING AT TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ON 08/01/01, AT 1213 LOCAL TIME. MR. OKOROMA, HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND, WAS ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT FOR HIS INSTRUMENT RATING.  MR. OKOROMA WAS FLYING FROM DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA, TO ADA, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS USING VOR NAVIGATION WHEN HE LOST THE RADIO SIGNAL AND BECAME DISORIENTED.  HE SAW THE AIR FORCE BASE AND THE LARGE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO LAND AND GET DIRECTIONS.  MR. OKOROMA AND HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAVE BEEN COUNSELED BY THE OWNER OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND BY INSPECTOR WALTON OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE.

## Other reports on N47802 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020126000359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020126000359A), Jan 26, 2002: Cessna 152 (N47802), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. (.19) On January 26, 2002, at 0915 central standard time, a Cessna 152 single engine airplane, N47802, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain…
- [Accident 19860707030919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860707030919A), Jul 7, 1986: Cessna 152 (N47802), Porum, OK, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after student became lost and fuel was exhausted.
- [Incident 19791209047509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209047509I), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 152 (N47802), Lagrangeville, NY, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing in crosswind. Aircraft ran on off side of runway.

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.

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