# Incident 20080104000039I: Cessna 172N, Roanoke, TX, January 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2008, 16:40 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N1640E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1640E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080104000039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CORNER OF A HANGAR WHILE THE PILOT WAS TAXIING TO PARKING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PIVOTED AROUND THE LEFT WING AND IMPACTED THE HANGAR DOOR. THE LEFT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE. THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A TURN WHILE TAXIING AND THAT THE RATE OF TURN SUDDENLY INCREASED DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY TAILWIND CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N1640E (2)

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

- [Incident 20081009848989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009848989I), Oct 9, 2008: Cessna 172N (N1640E), Princeton, TX, No damage. (-23) On October 9, 2008, at 1245Z, a Cessna 172, N1640E, registered to hej aviation inc, in joshua Texas, landed in an open field about 5 miles east of…
- [Incident 19851122068759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851122068759I), Nov 22, 1985: Cessna 172N (N1640E), Lamar, CO. Ran out of fuel while flying above overcast, advised VFR not recommended before crosscountry flight began.

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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