# Accident 19800229004619A: Piper PA31300, Appomattox, VA, February 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Appomattox, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.3587° N, 78.8264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appomattox, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3587&lon=-78.8264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77QC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77QC-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-300 (registry code 7103104, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,329 total, 1,027 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FID08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FID08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800229004619A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. CRASH LANDED IN A PASTURE. FAILED TO ASCERTAIN SUFFICIENT FUEL.

## 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 IAD80FID08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FID08), Feb 29, 1980: Piper PA-31 (N77QC), Appomattox, VA, destroyed

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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