# NTSB FTW84LA223: Cessna 172, N5173A, Allen, OK, May 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Allen, OK
- Coordinates: 34.869178, -96.409729 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8692&lon=-96.4097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21326
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21326/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA223

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - performance data - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT CLIMB ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE AIRPORT. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE THEN THE RIGHT WING HIT A PWR LINE AND UTILITY POLE. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED INTO THE GROUND. THE PLT HAD ABOUT 400 HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL ACFT AND HE OWNED THE ACFT. DENSIITY ALT WAS ABOUT 2500 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5173A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5173A-2013-04-01), registration cancelled 2013-04-01, S/N 28173, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28173
- Airframe hours: 2497
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Amzie Cranson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 1984
- Departed: ALLEN, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 950 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLC, 32 nm away

## 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 19840506071039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840506071039A), May 6, 1984: Cessna 172, Allen, OK, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into trees and wires when attempting takeoff from a short private strip.

## Other investigations on N5173A (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 CHI68F0311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0311), Jul 18, 1967: Cessna 172 (N5173A), Canton, IL, 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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