- Date
- August 20, 1982, 21:27 local (Aug 21, 1982, 01:27 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Pickett, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N90910Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820820069939A
- Case key
- 70787
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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
The acft collided with the ground at ft Pickett shortly after a similiar acft was seen trying to approach blackstone army airfield. This acft made a go-around and disappeared to the south. The wrecked acft was found 3.5 miles south of the arpt 8 months later. The aircraft had hit left wing first and bounced about 80 ft to a final resting place with the right wing folded over the left. The flammable parts of the wreckage were consumed in a post accident fire. The only cockpit instrument readable was the VSI which showed more than 2000 ft/minute descent. This acft was from manassas and had landed at chesterfield for fuel. Its destination was fredericksburg which is about 55 miles north of chesterfield. After departure at 1935 hours EDT it disappeared, and was next observed at blackstone, 25 NM sw of chesterfield, at 2110HOURS. Examination of the wreckage and the pilots remains did not disclose any abnormalities which would have been causal in nature.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90910
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8109046
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C. Martin Jr.
- Registered owner
- C. Martin Jr.
- Departed
- Chesterfield, VA
- Destination
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport
- runway 36
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,764 total · 38 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.