- Date
- July 26, 1983, 23:29 local (Jul 27, 1983, 03:29 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63737Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 5939
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 plt made a forced landing following a power loss on an approach to Richmond, Virginia. The flt had been operating 4 hours, including 7 takeoffs, since refueling. After the accident both propellers were found in the feathered position. The right wing fuel system remained intact. About one pint of fuel was found in this system. The left wing fuel system received damaged which precluded a determination of its fuel quantity. A small amount of fuel was found in the quick drain filters, and the fuel line to the right engine. The left fuel line from the pump to the engine was broken. There was no odor of fuel, fuel stains or discoloration of foliage at the accident scene.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63737
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7742059
- Airframe hours
- 3,899
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Silver Kris Services Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- ORF · Norfolk, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RIC · Byrd International, runway 33, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,875 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 8,800 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 1 nm away