- Date
- February 29, 1980
- Place
- Appomattox, VA · APPOMATTOX, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77QCPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800229004619A
- Case key
- 131754
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0260 80/2/29 APPOMATTOX,VA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N77QC PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 27, 3330 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1027 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL GAGES READ 1/8 FULL.TANKS EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77QC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N77QCRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-31-300Airframe modelPiper PA-31-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.