# Accident 19990514044219A: Cessna 177, Roanoke, TX, May 14, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1999, 13:25 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9992° N, 97.2299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9992&lon=-97.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2343Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2343Y-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990514044219A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT, AND THE ACFT CRASHED 1 MILE FROM THE ARPT, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UKNOWN. (-23) ON MAY 14, 199, AT 1330 CST, A CESSNA 177, N2343Y, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA O^ COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT (52F), ROANOKE, TEXAS AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRPORT ON A STUDENT PILOT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND ONE OF HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT, ROANOKE, TEXAS, ON MAY 14, 1999, AT 1325. CST.

## 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 FTW99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA141), May 14, 1999: Cessna 177 (N2343Y), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced 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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