- Date
- February 19, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stafford, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3750PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6018
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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 a ditch during a forced landing. The plt was cruising at 3000 ft MSL when he heard a 'loud pop'. The engine started running rough and missing. The plt shut the engine down by pulling the mixture control and throttle. When he shut down the engine he began to look for a place to land. He wanted I-95 but it was crowded with traffic. A field was picked but the ditch was not seen until too late to avoid it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3750P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3470
- Airframe hours
- 2,169
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John E. Caudle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1982
- Departed
- W22 · Woodridge, VA
- Destination
- W93 · Orange, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 452 in this make and model · 510 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg