- Date
- November 25, 1976
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5473RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761125034489A
- Case key
- 156475
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3292 76/11/25 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N5473R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONCA CITY,OK OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 32 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- GUSTING TO 50K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5473R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiley Post
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5473R · 1
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