- Date
- September 9, 1982, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vain, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7424ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820909061639A
- Case key
- 72904
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot and his passenger took off on a local flight and flew over a runway that they were constructing in their pasture. The pilot stated that he was in slow flight over the runway. Both occupants received concussions in the accident and could not recall the details of what happened. The pilot thought he advanced the throttle and then lost power from either carburetor ice or a loaded engine. The aircraft collided with wires then impacted on the surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7424A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29524
- Airframe hours
- 2,407
- Engine
- Continental O-300C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jimmy Neal Rogers, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Gene Miller Advertising Compan
- Departed
- Sallisaw, OK
- Destination
- Sallisaw, OK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 10 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7424A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.