# Accident 20090508010289A: Cessna 172N, Roanoke, TX, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N172SV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172SV-2009-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 376 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508010289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED TO THE SOUTH FROM NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH A 25 TO 30 KNOT HEADWIND.  THE PILOT TURNED DOWNWIND INTENDING TO DEPART THE AREA ON A NORTHERLY HEADING WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  PILOT STATED THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM AND THEN TO IDLE AS HE TURNED THE AIRPORT.  WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND A STRONG HEADWIND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RUNWAY AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL BUSHES DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND THE COLLAPSING THE NOSE WHEEL.

## 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 CEN09CA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA253), May 8, 2009: Cessna 172N (N172SV), Roanoke, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to a failure of the throttle control rod-end to carburetor arm hardware. A contributing factor was the pilot's decision to fly the airplane without a current…

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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