# Accident 19960404006039A: Cessna 172E, Roanoke, VA, April 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1996, 11:09 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5730T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5730T-1997-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 8 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960404006039A

## Narrative

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

LOW FUEL VECTORED TO ROA BUT ENGINE QUIT SHORT. NOSED OVER IN SOFT FIELD. HAD FAILED POSITIVE FUEL CHECK. NO FUEL.

## 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 IAD96LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA056), Apr 4, 1996: Cessna 172E (N5730T), Roanoke, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged estimation of the airplane's fuel supply for the flight. Related factors are the inadequate preflight inspection, the pilot's expectation that the airplane had been topped off,…

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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