Cessna 172M N61529

Summary

On 13 April 1993 at about 07:22 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N61529 was involved in an accident near Hobart, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 April 1993 at 07:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Hobart, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

35.0201, -99.0903

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N61529

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Amarillo → Norman

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW93FA128

2 people died.

INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS WERE THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, HIS LACK OF TOTAL INSTRUMENT TIME, THE WEATHER, AND THE DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A NEWLY CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED ON A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT WHICH INCLUDED INTERMEDIATE STOPS AT TWO AIRPORTS. A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVED INTO THE AREA AND THE AIRPLANE INADVERTENTLY ENTERED THE WEATHER. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH A MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY AND WAS ISSUED AN IFR CLEARANCE. A LOSS OF CONTROL WAS EXPERIENCED WHILE VECTORS WERE BEING ISSUED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF TWO HOURS OF ACTUAL INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.