- Date
- May 22, 1982, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8981PPiper 24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820522027039A
- Case key
- 71422
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft overran a 1500 wet, sod, downhill runway and collided with a ditch off the end of the runway. The collision collapsed the landing gear, bent the prop, and buckled the fuselage. The pilot reported the wind was 180 degrees at 5 to 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8981P
- Reported as
- Piper 24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2444
- Airframe hours
- 2,648
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adolph Nunnenkamp
- Registered owner
- Adolph Nunnenkamp
- Departed
- Mt. Empire, VA
- Destination
- Mt. Empire, VA
- Airport
- L.B. Gliderport, runway 21, 1,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,545 total · 710 in this make and model · 67 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8981P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.