# Accident 19790926029959A: Piper PA38112, Chesterfield, VA, September 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1979, 16:04 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3771° N, 77.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3771&lon=-77.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4433E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4433E-1984-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790926029959A

## Narrative

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

ONE FUEL TANK RAN DRY ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT ROLLED INVERTED DURING ATTEMPTED RESTART OF ENGINE.

## 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 IAD79FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA089), Sep 26, 1979: Piper PA-38 (N4433E), Chesterfield, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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