# Accident 19960409007919A: Aronca 65TAF, Roanoke, TX, April 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1996, 11:45 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0007° N, 97.2292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0007&lon=-97.2292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36953 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TAF
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960409007919A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 FTW96LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA173), Apr 9, 1996: Aeronca 65-TAF (N36953), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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