# Accident 19960514010469A: Cessna 152, Roanoke, VA, May 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1996, 17:45 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3505° N, 79.9494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3505&lon=-79.9494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67557, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67557) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514010469A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL LANDING IN CROSSWIND. TRIED GO AROUND. LEFT RUNWAY HIT A CAR AND A SNOWPLOW. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT. HE INDICATED THAT INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT, HE PUT THE FLAPS UP, CARBURETOR HEAT IN AND APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND STRUCK A CAR AND SNOW PLOW.  A WEATHER OBSERVATION TAKEN 3 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT REPORTED WINDS OUT OF 150 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.  THE RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 24.

## 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 IAD96LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA078), May 14, 1996: Cessna 152 (N67557), Roanoke, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the aircraft during the touch and go landing. Related factors were the crosswind condition and the student pilot's lack of experience.

## Other reports on N67557 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951124044789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951124044789I), Nov 24, 1995: Cessna 152 (N67557), Roanoke, VA. Narrative: the student pilot entered class "c" airspace without authorization. The pilot landed on runway 33. Roanoke ATCT shined a light at the aircraft. No…

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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