# Accident 20060609017259A: Cessna 172A, Durant, OK, June 9, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2006, 13:30 local time
- Place: Durant, OK
- Airport: Eaker Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9422° N, 96.3944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9422&lon=-96.3944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9733T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9733T-2009-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060609017259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 17 AT DURANT, OK. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR HIS CHECKRIDE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS EXECUTING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING WHEN HE APPLIED EXCESSIVE BACK ELEVATOR PRESSURE; THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED. NOTE: THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED BY THE OPERATOR UNTIL JUNE 20, 2006.

## 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 DFW06CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA166), Jun 9, 2006: Cessna 172A (N9733T), Durant, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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