# Accident 20001109043459A: Piper PA28140, Stuart, VA, November 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2000, 19:40 local time
- Place: Stuart, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6396° N, 80.2693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6396&lon=-80.2693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N513FL-2001-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001109043459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 9, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 1730 LOCAL, N513FL, A 1971 PIPER PA-28-140, DEPARTED COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND (CGS) BOUND FOR GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. WASHINGTON ARTCC TRACKED THE AIRCRAFT FROM PRIMARY RADAR HITS DEPARTING COLLEGE PARK, MD, PROCEEDING TO GEORGETOWN, NDB, THEN SOUTH TO MANASSAS, VA. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED BY MANASSAS, VA IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON A HEADING OF 235 DEGREES PAST LYNCHBURG, VA, TO PATRICK COUNTY, VA, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED BULL MOUNTAIN AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 2700 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE PILOT, DAVID SANKEY, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 IAD01FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA013), Nov 10, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N513FL), Stuart, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions during cruise flight. Factors in the accident were the low ceiling, dark night, and the pilot's failure to obtain in-flight weather…

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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