# Accident 20040524009409A: Cessna 172N, Roanoke, TX, May 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2544° N, 97.5806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2544&lon=-97.5806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5302E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5302E-2009-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040524009409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 CDT A CESSNA 172N AIRCRAFT, N5302E, OWNED BY AIR GOLF INC. 250 W SANDY LAKE RD. COPPELL, TX 75019, OPERATED BY MARCAIR FLIGHT SCHOOL WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL A. CORRAL, AND STUDENT PILOT NAOMI L. MCNABB, WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT (52F) AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CDT FOR A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT. AROUND 15:30 CDT THE INSTRUCTOR MICHAEL CORRAL REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND HAD STUDENT NAOMI MCNABB PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY APPROACH TO A FARM PASTURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE INSTRUCTOR ORDERED A GO-AROUND. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. THE STUDENT BEGAN TO PITCH THE AIRCRAFT UP TOO STEEP AND THE INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO HOLD THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN BUT COULD NOT OVERPOWER THE STUDENT ON THE CONTROLS. THE INSTRUCTOR ORDERED THE STUDENT TO RELEASE THE CONTROLS BUT SHE DID NOT AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT BANK AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. BOTH PILOTS WALKED SEVERAL MILES TO A FARM AND CALLED THE DENTON COUNTY SHERIFF.

## 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 FTW04LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA138), May 24, 2004: Cessna 172 (N5302E), Decatur, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to follow the flight instructor's instructions and relinquish the controls, and the flight instructor's delay in initiating a go-around.

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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