- Date
- March 23, 1981
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3641UAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810323011959A
- Case key
- 126548
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1019 81/3/23 ROANOKE,VA AEROSTAR 601P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 4352 TIME - 1003 N3641U PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA WINCHESTER,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT REFUELED 3/8/81 W 100LL & 3/20/81 W JET A BY SAME INDIVIDUAL ON OVERTIME DUE SUPRVSR ILLNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3641U
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woodrum
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.