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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090227110352
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001243286-09-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090227

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SLADE JANET H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001243286

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00147
		FILM NUMBER:		09640327

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2165418060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HICKOK INCORPORATED
		STREET 2:		10514 DUPONT AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44108

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HICKOK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000047307
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				340288470
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10514 DUPONT AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2165418060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10514 DUPONT AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-02-26</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000047307</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HICKOK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HICKA.OB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001243286</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SLADE JANET H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HICKOK INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10514 DUPONT AVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CLEVELAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44108</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.5</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-02-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-02-26</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Granted pursuant to the Hickok Incorporated 2007 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan which complies with Rule 16b-3. These options become exercisable in equal 33% increments over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person still holds previously reported options to buy 9,000 Class A Common Shares granted pursuant to the Hickok Incorporated 1997 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, the Hickok Incorporated 2000 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, the Hickok Incorporated 2003 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan and the Hickok Incorporated 2007 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan. All these plans comply with Rule 16b-3. These options were granted between February 25, 2000 and February 21, 2008 at exercise prices ranging from $3.55 to $11.00, become or became exercisable between February 25, 2001 and February 21, 2011, and will expire between February 25, 2010 and February 21, 2018. The total number of options set forth in column No. 9 reflects the expiration of options to purchase 1,000 Class A Common Shares granted to the reporting person on February 25, 1999, which options expired on February 25, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Janet H. Slade</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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