37.4138° N, 79.1422° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 16, 1983 · 07:59 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44BW
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,906 total931 in this make and model240 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.
First officer allowed airspeed to decay on final. Dropped in short. Nose gear fork broke off on lip of runway.
As the FAA filed it
FIRST OFFICER ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO DECAY ON FINAL. DROPPED IN SHORT. NOSE GEAR FORK BROKE OFF ON LIP OF RUNWAY.