- Date
- December 5, 1991, 04:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6947XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911205054649A
- Case key
- 18418
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Probable cause
Clearance was not maintained and the airplane struck a wire. A factor was the aircraft had been stolen by two unknown individuals.
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
This airplane was stolen during the night by two unknown individuals. The airplane was maneuvering and struck a television cable and support wire near a highway east of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6947X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247847
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Jacques La France
- Registered owner
- Jacques La France
- Departed
- 1H6 · Tulsa, 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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N6947X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.