Cessna 152 accident near Guthrie, OK
On January 31, 1997, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Guthrie, OK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 31, 1997
- Place
- Guthrie, OK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.840°N, 97.419°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X07279
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 31, 1997, at 1750 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N5366B, was destroyed following impact with a static wire near Guthrie, Oklahoma. The airline transport rated flight instructor and the student pilot were both fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Seward Leasing, Inc., and operated by Crabtree Aircraft Co. under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight which originated from Guthrie Municipal Airport at approximately 1715. No flight plan had been filed. Witnesses reported to the Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) that the Cessna 152 was on a training flight to "prepare the student for his solo ride." The flight school owner reported to the IIC that the pilots had been making takeoffs and landings on runway 16. Witnesses stated that they "believed that [N5366] Bravo had completed 4 to 5 touch-and-goes before the accident occurred." Another flight instructor reported to the IIC that he and his student had landed at Guthrie Municipal Airport at approximately 1740. He stated that when they were approaching Guthrie's landing pattern, he spoke to the flight instructor in N5366B on his airplane's radio. He further stated that while he was taxiing back to the FBO office he heard the flight instructor making his traffic pattern radio calls while on downwind. A witness who services airplanes at Guthrie Municipal Airport reported to the IIC that he remembers seeing the flight instructor "at the dispatch log carrying his headset with him as he always did before a flight." The witness further
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to obtain/maintain clearance with the power line. A factor was the sunglare from the setting sun, which could have impaired the flight instructor's ability to see the power line.
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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.
