# Accident 20080524837589A: Comwth REARWIND185, Roanoke, TX, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N33384, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33384) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commonwealth 185 (registry code 2370608, https://openairdocs.org/model/commonwealth-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMWTH REARWIND185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524837589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 LOCAL, N33384, A COMMONWEALTH C185 AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING IN THE VICINITY OF TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY NEAR ROANOKE, TX.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE FELT LIGHT HEADED AND DIZZY, AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SLOPE TO A FRONTAGE ROAD AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN08LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA096), May 24, 2008: Commonwealth 185 (N33384), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's physiologic impairment and failure to attain the proper touchdown point during an intentional off airport landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper in-flight planning.

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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