Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Crewe Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Crewe, Virginia 23930
Sunday, January 14, 2001 9:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot departed on an estimated 1-hour positioning flight with an unknown quantity of fuel. He did not visually verify the quantity in the tanks, and he estimated that the quantity indicated on the fuel gauge would be sufficient for 1 hour 30 minutes of flight. About 20 minutes after departure, the pilot determined his fuel supply had diminished into his 'reserve' and he landed at an airport for fuel. The pilot taxied to the pump but an airport employee communicated through hand signals that fuel was unavailable for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, and without stopping the engine, the pilot elected to continue the flight. About 55 minutes after the initial takeoff, the engine stopped running, and the pilot performed a forced landing to wooded terrain. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of fuel spillage and no odor of fuel at the scene. About 1 gallon of residual fuel was recovered from the airplane's fuel system. When asked if fuel was available prior to his original departure, the pilot said: "Yeah, there was. I taxied right by it."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and exhaustion of his fuel supply.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/14/2001 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 900 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | Crewe |
| Event State | VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 23930 |
| Event Date Year | 2001 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 370151N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0790554W |
| Event Location Airport | Crewe Municipal |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | W81 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 4 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 360 |
| Airport Elevation | 420 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1001 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 7 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LKU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 493 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 50 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3900 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 4 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.27 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -1177 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 13355 |
| NTSB Notification Source | EROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 14 2001 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1909 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 13 2003 12:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | FSDO #21 Ric23250hmond, Virginia |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N222GK |
| NTSB Number | IAD01LA026 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Ayres |
| Aircraft Model | S2R |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | G6-145 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 6000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 1 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 2315 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Centura Bank |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 200 Queens Road Suite 200 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Charlotte |
| Aircraft Owner State | NC |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 28204 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Eugene J. Kritter |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Bristow |
| Operator State | VA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 20136 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Agriculture |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LKU |
| Departure City | Louisa |
| Departure State | VA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 820 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | W81 |
| Destination City | Crewe |
| Destination State | VA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Emergency landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 10 2002 3:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 15 |
| Runway Length | 3300 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |