# Accident 20001113039039A: Cessna 172L, Winchester, VA, November 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2000, 07:50 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1404° N, 78.2799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1404&lon=-78.2799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2843Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2843Q-2003-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001113039039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. ROBERT VERRILL  PILOT OF N2843Q HAD DEPARTED DOYLESTOWN, PA. AT 0430 AM MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2000, ENROUTE TO FRONTE ROYAL, VA. TO OBTAIN FUEL. UPON ARRIVING AT FRONT ROYLE THE AIRPORT WAS FOGGED IN. HE THEN FLEW TO LURAY CAVERNS, VA. THEN TO NEW MARKET, VA. BOTH AIRPORTS WERE IFR. HE CALLED DULLES APPROACH FOR VECTORS TO AN AIRPORT THAT WAS VFR. DULLESA APPROACH GAVE HIM VECTORS TO WINCHESTER, VA. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO WINCHESTER, VA. WHICH IS 18 DME AWAY. THE A/C LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION APPROX. 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER AIRPORT AND CRASH LANDED. A/C HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC01LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA036), Nov 13, 2000: Cessna 172L (N2843Q), Winchester, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain a pre-departure or en route weather briefing, which led to fuel exhaustion, after his destination and alternate airports were covered by fog. A factor was the fog.

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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