# Incident 20020617016369I: Cessna 177, Roanoke, TX, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 14:45 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0147° N, 97.2290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0147&lon=-97.2290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29409, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29409) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 20 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617016369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2002, AT 14:45, A CESSNA 177, N29409, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BLAKE W. WINDHAM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A FORCED HARD LANDING ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM 52F, N.W. REGIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 14:20 ON JUNE 17, 2002.

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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