# Accident 20180929016509A: Piper PA-24-250, Crewe, VA, September 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Crewe, VA
- Airport: Crewe Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1836° N, 78.1019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1836&lon=-78.1019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6148P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6148P-2019-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 157 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA574](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA574) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180929016509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE LANDED AT CREWE AIRPORT, W-81 AND ATTEMPTED TO GET FUEL. SINCE THE FUEL PUMPS WERE LOCKED, HE ATTEMPTED TO FLY TO FARMVILLE AIRPORT (APPROX 19 MILES AWAY). ONCE IN THE AIR, HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. HE THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO W-81. PILOT STATES THAT ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 33, HE LOST ENGINE POWER. HE THEN SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS.

AS HE TURNED BASE, HE FELT AS IF HE WERE TOO LOW AND HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STALLED AND LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 33. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR ABOUT 300 FEET AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING CAUSED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING IMPACT.

EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT WING SHOWED THE LEFT WING TANK COMPLETELY EMPTY.

CAURBURETOR FUEL BOWL DRAIN PLUG WAS REMOVED AND ALSO HAD NO FUEL.

THERE WAS STILL A FEW GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK. EXACT QUANTITY UNKOWN.

## 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 GAA18CA574](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA574), Sep 29, 2018: Piper PA24 (N6148P), Crewe, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s…

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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