20141003018079A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Okmulgee, OK · October 3, 2014

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Date: October 3, 2014 · 19:45 local
Place: Okmulgee, OK
Airport: Okmulgee Regional
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2435R
Reported as: Cessna 172R
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 720 total

N2435RRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2018 · Cessna 172RS/N 17281328 · Built 2006 Airframe modelCessna 172R Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft took off from spinks field in fort worth TX before tower opened. The aircraft was going to riverside (krvs) in tulsa the weather at the time was IFR, but the pilot did not file or get an IFR clearance. The air craft was found destroyed two miles nw of Okmulgee, OK. The airplane had full fuel when leaving spinks field. The enigne and propellar showed signs of full power as the aircraft struck trees and then the ground. The weather at the scene of the accident had been marginal VFR to IFR around the time the aircraft believed to crash.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM SPINKS FIELD IN FORT WORTH TX BEFORE TOWER OPENED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO RIVERSIDE (KRVS) IN TULSA THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS IFR, BUT THE PILOT DID NOT FILE OR GET AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE AIR CRAFT WAS FOUND DESTROYED TWO MILES NW OF OKMULGEE, OK. THE AIRPLANE HAD FULL FUEL WHEN LEAVING SPINKS FIELD. THE ENIGNE AND PROPELLAR SHOWED SIGNS OF FULL POWER AS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND THEN THE GROUND. THE WEATHER AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN MARGINAL VFR TO IFR AROUND THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT BELIEVED TO CRASH.