# Accident 20080515838371A: Piper PA28161, Roanoke, TX, May 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2008, 14:02 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.0497° N, 97.2322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0497&lon=-97.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8295X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8295X-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 653 total, 11 in this make and model, 201 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080515838371A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/15/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1402 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT) A PIPER PA-28-161, N8295X, OWNED BY RTJE BACH ENTERPRISES LLC AND OPERATED BY U.S. AVIATION GROUP, LLC., DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PIPER PA-28-161 LANDED ON TOP OF A STINSON 108-3, NC6805M, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AFTER THE STINSON HAD BEGUN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR EITHER AIRCRAFT. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-28-161 HOLDS COMMERCIAL AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES. THE PILOT OF THE STINSON 108-3 HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE PIPER PA-28-161 FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DENTON, TX (KDTO) AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 CDT.

## 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 DFW08LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA144), May 15, 2008: Piper PA-28-161 (N8295X), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The departing pilot's inadequate visual lookout resulting in his airplane colliding with the landing airplane. Contributing to the accident was the trees/visual obstructions along the runway's…

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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