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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aronca 65TAF · Roanoke, TX · April 9, 1996

Date: April 9, 1996 · 11:45 local
Place: Roanoke, TX
Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N36953
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW96LA173
Reported as: Aronca 65TAF
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total30 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ballooned landing. Came back down hard. Lost control. Exited runway and struck a fence and retaining wall. (-23) on 04/09/96 at 11:45 a.m. CST, Aeronca 65-TAF, N36953, registered to terry cross, privacy data omitted was involved in an accident when landing at Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX. Visual flight conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot, james a. sprouse, lost directional control of the aircraft upon touch down. Aircraft sustained substantial damage. The sole occupant was not injured. The pilot holds a private airplane single engine land rating. The flight originated at bridgeport, TX, on 04/09/96 at 11:25 a.m., and landed at Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOONED LANDING. CAME BACK DOWN HARD. LOST CONTROL. EXITED RUNWAY AND STRUCK A FENCE AND RETAINING WALL. (-23) ON 04/09/96 AT 11:45 A.M. CST, AERONCA 65-TAF, N36953, REGISTERED TO TERRY CROSS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN LANDING AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT, ROANOKE, TX. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT, JAMES A. SPROUSE, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UPON TOUCH DOWN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BRIDGEPORT, TX, ON 04/09/96 AT 11:25 A.M., AND LANDED AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT, ROANOKE, TX.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW96LA173Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRoanoke, TXthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.Apr 9, 1996 · Substantial damage