Cessna 172B N6947X
26 March 2003 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 March 2003 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 172B registered N6947X, operated by Kirk A. Myers, was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Harvey Young (1H6)
- Coordinates
- 36.1389, -95.8250
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172B
- Registration
- N6947X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kirk A. Myers
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tulsa → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW03LA116
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The single-engine airplane stalled during the landing flare/touchdown, bounced into the air, then touched down again, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that he let the airplane get to slow on the approach and it could have been prevented by "receiving more dual training on crosswind/gusts, short field landings, also recovery from slow flight stalls."
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Dec 2003 | Cessna 172RG | Key West, Florida, United States | Avion Jet Center, LLC | No injuries | - |
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| 18 Jan 2003 | Cessna 172 | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 2003 | Cessna 172S | Monroe, Georgia, United States | Elite Flight Center | Fatal | 2 |
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2003 | Cessna 152 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 May 2003 | Bell Shelby Aero 47G2 | Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States | Versatile Helicopters Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2003 | Stinson 108-1 | Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, United States | Charles G. Lucas | No injuries | - |
| 22 Aug 2003 | Cessna 195 | Sand Springs, Oklahoma, United States | Buford J. Tyler | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2003 | Cessna 182H | Cushing, Oklahoma, United States | Oklahoma Skydiving Center | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Dec 2003 | Cessna 310-H | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |