# NTSB FTW82DA374: Cessna 172, N7424A, Vain, OK, September 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1982, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Vain, OK
- Coordinates: 35.490261, -94.969459 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4903&lon=-94.9695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA374
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72904/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA374

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7424A-1983-11-08), registration cancelled 1983-11-08, S/N 29524 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29524
- Airframe hours: 2407
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820909061639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909061639A), Sep 9, 1982: Cessna 172, Vian, OK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on low altitude flight, stalled aircraft on pull up to miss wires. Possible carb ice or engine load up.

## Other investigations on N7424A (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 MKC80DCG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCG48), Sep 29, 1980: Cessna 172 (N7424A), Holton, KS, substantial damage

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.

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