# Accident 19800917042519A: Cessna 177RG, Roanoke, TX, September 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1980, 17:05 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Aero Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0498° N, 97.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AERO VALLEY (52F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0498&lon=-97.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35954, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35954-1983-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 58 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FPD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800917042519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO OBTAIN FULL POWER ON CLIMB FROM TOUCH & GO. STRUCK TREES. FOUND THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING SEPARATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80FPD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD47), Sep 17, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N35954), Roanoke, TX, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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