# Accident 20180313000129A: Piper PA-28-181, Chesapeake, VA, March 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Chesapeake Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6656° N, 76.3206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6656&lon=-76.3206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5646V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5646V-2019-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 128 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180313000129A

## Narrative

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

AFTER PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED MAKING POWER. THE PILOT RETARDED AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE WITH NO APPRECIABLE EFFECT.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 23 IN A FIELD DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE.

## 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 ERA18LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA101), Mar 13, 2018: Piper PA28 (N5646V), Chesapeake, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat during the approach for a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during the subsequent takeoff.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.