# Accident 20141003018079A: Cessna 172R, Okmulgee, OK, October 3, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2014, 19:45 local time
- Place: Okmulgee, OK
- Airport: Okmulgee Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6681° N, 95.9487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Okmulgee Regional Airport (OKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6681&lon=-95.9487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2435R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2435R-2018-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141003018079A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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