# Accident 20061226028099A: Cessna 172S, Tulsa, OK, December 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2006, 20:20 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0394° N, 95.9844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0394&lon=-95.9844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N159RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N159RA-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061226028099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WENT TO CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION WITH PLANS OF FLYING. WHEN THE SECRETARY FOUND HE NEEDED A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ SEEMED TO CALL AN INSTRUCTOR AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO FLY WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ PROCEEDED OUTSIDE TO PREFLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT (N159RA) AND SOMEHOW STARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND LOST CONTROL AND HIT A T-HANGAR STARTING A FIRE. THE FIRE DESTROYED N59RA AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL FIRE DAMAGE TO N236Q THAT WAS PARKED IN THE HANGAR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ FLED THE SCENE AND THE POLICE FOUND HIM AT HOME WHERE THEY QUESTIONED HIM. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ WAS LATER INTERVIEWED ON JANUARY 4TH BY ^PRIVACY ^ OF THE TULSA FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION HE EXPLAINED THAT HE NEEDED VALIUM FOR ANXIETY. HE STATED HE TAKES FOUR PER DAY.

## 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 DFW07LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA056), Dec 27, 2006: Cessna 172S (N159RA), Tulsa, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a hangar and parked airplane during the unauthorized use of an airplane.

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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