Cessna 172 accident near Hooker, OK
On January 29, 2023, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hooker, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 29, 2023
- Place
- Hooker, OK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.971°N, 101.291°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230129106645
Official records · CEN23FA095
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 28, 2023, at 1902 central standard time, a Cessna 172 airplane, N6482B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hooker, Oklahoma. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A review of ADS-B data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that the airplane departed Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport (LBL), Liberal, Kansas, at 0916, and proceeded to Meadow Lake Airport (FLY), near Colorado Springs, Colorado, landing at 1150. The airplane departed FLY at 1705 and proceeded in a southeasterly direction for about 1 hour and 53 minutes. The airplane’s altitude during the enroute portion of the flight varied. At 1859, from an altitude of about 4,500 ft mean sea level (msl), the airplane began a left turn with a decreasing radius that continued for two complete turns while the airplane descended to about 3,300 ft msl. The airplane exited the turns and proceeded on a course of about 150° for about ½ mile before the end of the data. A slight right turn began just before the data ended (see Figure 1). The accident location was about 200 ft west of the last recorded position, and 16 nautical miles west-southwest of LBL. Figure 1. Three-dimensional image of the final portion of the airplane’s flight path. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot did not hold an instrument rating. A review of his logbook revealed that his most recent night and simulated instrument flight experience was about 10 years before the accident flight. The pilot’s most recent thi
Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to depart and continue the visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of airplane control.
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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.
