# Incident 19830216009309I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Lynchburg, VA, February 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1983, 07:59 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44BW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,906 total, 931 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830216009309I

## Narrative

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

FIRST OFFICER ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO DECAY ON FINAL. DROPPED IN SHORT. NOSE GEAR FORK BROKE OFF ON LIP OF RUNWAY.

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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