20121103027199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Roanoke, TX · November 3, 2012

Date: November 3, 2012 · 10:40 local
Place: Roanoke, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: Y33S
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N985GE
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN13LA041
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 45 total45 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 3, 2012, about 10:40 central daylight time, a 2005 Cessna 172S aircraft, N985GE, impacted a mobile ground vehicle during the final landing phase of flight at the private northwest regional airport ( 57F) located near Roanoke, Texas. The student pilot-in-command, was not injured. The two occupants of the ground vehicle were transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. Impact forces severed the aircraft nose and right hand main landing gear. The ground vehicle sustained major damage. The aircraft was being operated by marcair aircraft as a 14 CFR part 91 training flight. The student pilot had departed northwest regional airport at approximately 0830 am on a solo cross country training flight to possum kingdom airport ( J2F ). The sole student pilot was returning to northwest regional airport when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 3, 2012, ABOUT 10:40 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A 2005 CESSNA 172S AIRCRAFT, N985GE, IMPACTED A MOBILE GROUND VEHICLE DURING THE FINAL LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT THE PRIVATE NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT ( 57F) LOCATED NEAR ROANOKE, TEXAS. THE STUDENT PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WAS NOT INJURED. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE GROUND VEHICLE WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. IMPACT FORCES SEVERED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE GROUND VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY MARCAIR AIRCRAFT AS A 14 CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD DEPARTED NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 AM ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT TO POSSUM KINGDOM AIRPORT ( J2F ). THE SOLE STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING TO NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN13LA041Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRoanoke, TXThe student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles on the runway approach path. Contributing to the accident was the airport management's decision to relocate the runway displaced threshold, which did not provide an adequate safety margin for…Nov 3, 2012 · Substantial damage