- Date
- March 17, 1982, 09:41 local (15:41 UTC)
- Place
- Hulen, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5608JCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820317004439A
- Case key
- 69194
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed lawton, Oklahoma at 0902 local time on a flight to inspect mineral property. At about 0931, the pilot contacted ft. sill approach control and requested vectors to lawton. He was instructed to fly a heading of 320 degrees. After flying that heading for about six miles. The pilot asked for and was given the ft. sill weather. Shortly after that, the aircraft entered a right turn to a southerly heading. When queried, the pilot replied he was in VFR conditions and turned intentionally. Earlier, the radar controller had received reports of a scud layer southeast of lawton and assumed the pilot was VFR on top. The controller provided a heading of 260 degrees and advised this should take him into a clear area. At 0941, the aircraft return disappeared from the radar scope. The plane crashed southeast of lawton in a wheat field on level terrain. It traveled about 300 ft after impact. An observer on a rescue helicopter reported a ceiling of 100 to 300 ft and visibility of 1/4 to 1/2 mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5608J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273820
- Airframe hours
- 690
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jas Wurman
- Registered owner
- Jas Wurman
- Departed
- Lawton, OK
- Destination
- Lawton, 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 918 total · 6 in this make and model · 836 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.