Two Passengers Survive Oklahoma Accident

The Civil Air Patrol lost two of its members early Sunday morning when a  Cessna 172 went down in Oklahoma. Seventeen year old pilot Ryan Sageser died with his father Markham, 46, when their Skyhawk crashed in a pasture about 30 miles northwest of Tulsa. 

They were heading home to Wichita, KS with two of Ryan's high school friends, both 18, after attending a concert in Tulsa. Ryan Biedron was able to crawl out of the wreckage but John Rice was pinned inside for about three hours after they were able to use a cell phone to call for help. They are in fair condition at a local hospital and expected to recover.

The young pilot and his father were ejected on impact and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Ryan Sageser was heavily involved in aviation and had earned a scholarship to get his private pilot's license. He had logged over 60 hours of flight time and the Cessna he was flying was only three years old.

He and his father were both members of the Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer auxiliary organization of the US Air Force. 

CAP is called on frequently to search for missing aircraft. It is not know if they were flying a CAP plane.

A spokesman for the NTSB says the weather was overcast, but was probably not a factor in the accident. He also said the pilot and aircraft logbooks looked to be in order.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 53443        Make/Model: C172      Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk XP, Cutla
  Date: 11/05/2006     Time: 

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: HOMINY   State: OK   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, HOMINY, OK

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   2
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   3     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   2
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: KTUL 050653Z 12006KT 8SM OVC036 12/09 A3017

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Unknown      Operation: OTHER

  Departed: TUL                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: ICT                      Flt Plan: VFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  (SW15)             Entry date: 11/06/2006

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.cap.gov