19800910078579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31 · Culpeper, VA · September 10, 1980

Date
September 10, 1980 · 05:30 local
Place
Culpeper, VA
Airport
Culpeper
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6702L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FA092
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,601 total223 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft crashed right after takeoff. Investigation revealed right fuel was shut off.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RIGHT FUEL WAS SHUT OFF.

NTSB investigation

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