Cessna 152 accident near Noble, OK

On May 25, 2000, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Noble, OK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

May 25, 2000

Place

Noble, OK

Aircraft

Cessna 152 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

35.140°N, 97.369°W

NTSB ID

20001212X20989

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 25, 2000, at 1812 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 single-engine airplane, N45973, and a Cessna 182L single-engine airplane, N974SR, collided in-flight near Noble, Oklahoma. The Cessna 152 was registered to and operated by Airman Flight School, Inc., of Norman, Oklahoma, and the Cessna 182 was registered to Mad Max Aerobatics, Inc., of Sadler, Texas, and operated by the pilot. The private pilot, sole occupant of the Cessna 152, and the commercial pilot, sole occupant of the Cessna 182, received fatal injuries. Both aircraft were destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and flight plans were not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flights. The pilot of the Cessna 152, on a local solo instructional flight, departed the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport (OUN), Norman, Oklahoma, approximately 1756. The pilot of the Cessna 182, on a personal cross-country flight destined for Sherman, Texas, departed OUN, approximately 1804. According to the Director of Operations at Airman Flight School, the pilot of the Cessna 152 was scheduled to fly the airplane from 1700 until 1900, in the local training area, to practice commercial flight maneuvers. According to radar data provided by the Oklahoma City Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), after departure from OUN, the first radar return of the Cessna 152 was at 1756:17. At 1807:31, approximately 12 nautical miles (nm) southeast of the departure airport, the data depicted the start of a ground track resembling figure-eights. The altitude could not be determined for the Ce

Probable cause

the failure of both pilots to maintain visual lookout.

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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.