- Date
- July 18, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lewiston, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2297ZVolmer VJ-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718038639A
- Case key
- 71418
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Pilot ferrying aircraft to new owner and lost power. A hard forced landing was made in a pasture. Aircraft contacted ground at a 30 degree angle which failed landing gear. Pilot had zero time in the aircraft prior to this flight. Owner of aircraft had power failure same morning due to carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2297Z
- Reported as
- Volmer VJ-22
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- N1S1
- Airframe hours
- 272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Chris Sterling
- Registered owner
- Chris Sterling
- Departed
- Hanover, VA
- Destination
- Front Royal, VA
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,715 total · 1,570 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 205 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.