# Accident 19810523028909A: Piper PA28140, Lawrenceville, VA, May 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1981, 16:07 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, VA
- Airport: Lawrenceville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7565° N, 77.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrenceville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7565&lon=-77.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7153R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7153R-2025-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 125 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FID15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FID15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810523028909A

## Narrative

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

LANDED 30 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY. SEVERED LANDING GEAR ON UNEVEN GROUND.

## 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 ATL81FID15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FID15), May 23, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N7153R), Lawrenceville, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7153R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20231001016239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231001016239A), Oct 1, 2023: Piper PA-28-140 (N7153R), Moab, UT, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The pilot taxied from parking to departed from runway 21 at 2022 local time. The pilot did not use pilot controlled lighting for the runway. After takeoff from…

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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