Cessna 182P accident near Marlow, OK
On November 9, 1993, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marlow, OK. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 9, 1993
- Place
- Marlow, OK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.630°N, 97.960°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13726
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT: On November 8, 1993, at 2025 central standard time, a Cessna 182P, N182JS, was destroyed during an uncontrolled descent near Marlow, Oklahoma. The commercial pilot and the two passengers sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological dark night conditions existed for the business cross country flight to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The flight departed Expressway Airpark, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, earlier that day and arrived at Duncan, Oklahoma, for a business meeting at approximately 1730. After the meeting, on a car phone en route to the airport, the pilot telephoned for an abbreviated weather briefing. He then told the occupants of the car that there was fog 40 miles west of Oklahoma City and that they needed to go directly to the airport for departure, vice stopping for dinner. Witnesses reported overcast conditions and drizzle in the Marlow area at 2000 central standard time. One witness reported hearing an airplane circle her home about 2025. The witness was unable to see the airplane due to clouds. She further stated that it circled several times in a counter clockwise direction and then departed to the northwest. She said the engine "sounded fine." About 20 seconds later she observed a "white flash of light close to the horizon" and then she did not hear the airplane. Impact occurred about 1/2 mile from her house. During that weather briefing the pilot was asked if he could go IFR. He responded "I don't want to but I guess I can if I have to." The briefer informed the pilot that Dallas was IFR and that Ardmore was "very marginal." PERSONNEL INFORM
Probable cause
AN INOPERATIVE VACUUM SYSTEM, AN INOPERATIVE TURN & BANK INDICATOR, AND AN INOPERATIVE DIRECTIONAL GYRO, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INABILITY OF THE PILOT TO CONTROL THE AIRPLANE AFTER IT ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, FOG, AND DRIZZLE.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
