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Cessna 172 N5173A

6 May 1984 · Allen, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 May 1984 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5173A was involved in an accident near Allen, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Allen, Oklahoma, United States
Coordinates
34.8692, -96.4097
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N5173A
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Allen → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW84LA223

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT CLIMB ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE AIRPORT. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE THEN THE RIGHT WING HIT A PWR LINE AND UTILITY POLE. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED INTO THE GROUND. THE PLT HAD ABOUT 400 HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL ACFT AND HE OWNED THE ACFT. DENSIITY ALT WAS ABOUT 2500 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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