# Accident 20250814010479A: Cessna 172L, Lawton, OK, August 14, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2025, 09:34 local time
- Place: Lawton, OK
- Airport: Lawton-Fort Sill Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4958° N, 98.2386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4958&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2860Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2860Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,830 total, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250814010479A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/14/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45AM CDT A CESSNA 172L AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN A FIELD 10NM ESE OF LAWTON, OK.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A NORTH HEADING IN A PLOWED FIELD CREATING A DEBRIS FIELD APPROXIMATELY 150FT IN LENGTH AND 75FT IN WIDTH.  THE PROPELLER WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND 15FT NORTH OF THE INITIAL IMPACT AREA.  THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND CAME TO REST 50FT NORTH OF THE PROPELLER AND THE AIRFRAME CAME TO REST 60FT NORTH OF THE ENGINE.  THE MAIN WRECAGE CAME TO REST INVERTED, FACING A SOUTHERLY HEADING.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND WAS FATALY INJURED.

## 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 CEN25FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA320), Aug 14, 2025: Cessna 172L (N2860Q), Walters, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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