# Accident 20071128831579A: Cessna 172N, Marlow, OK, November 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marlow, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6189° N, 97.8003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6189&lon=-97.8003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6555D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6555D-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071128831579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 28, 2008, ABOUT 1530 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A SINGLE-ENGINE CESSNA 172N AIRPLANE, N6555D, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR MARLOW, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT, A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS A FAR PART 91 PERSONAL OPERATION, AND ORIGINATED FROM THE LAWTON-FORT SILL REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAW) NEAR LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, APPROXIMATELY 1515.

## 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 DFW08FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA040), Nov 28, 2007: Cessna 172N (N6555D), Marlow, OK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident were the low altitude for recovery and…

## Other reports on N6555D (1)

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

- [Accident 20040711030519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040711030519A), Jul 11, 2004: Cessna 172N (N6555D), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted]was returning to pdk airport after completing his required solo long cross country trip. While making his approach into the airport,…

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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