- Date
- November 28, 1982, 19:58 local (Nov 29, 1982, 00:58 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9025CPiper PA-28R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821128062999A
- Case key
- 70214
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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 aircraft had previously been flown from orlando, FL to norfolk/Chesapeake, VA. While the original non-instrument rated pilot was in Virginia, the weather deteriorated, so the owner flew up from orlando (via the airlines) to fly the original occupants back to Florida. A witness reported that before takeoff, there was a discussion about how the non-instrument rated pilot could get some instrument flight time on the return flight. For the return flight, the owner occupied the right front seat as the pilot-in-command. He stated that during takeoff, the non-instrument rated pilot was flying the aircraft from the left front seat. The owner stated that he remembered the other pilot reaching for the landing gear handle to raise the gear, and seconds later, the aircraft hit a tree. One witness reported that he could see the aircraft at all times during takeoff from lift-off until it crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9025C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7803244
- Airframe hours
- 1,074
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-F, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Wilson
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Wilson
- Departed
- Chesapeake, VA
- Destination
- Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Hampton Roads, runway 20, 3,326 × 70 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 516 total · 265 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °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.