Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lynchburg Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lynchburg, Virginia 24505
Tuesady, June 15, 1982 22:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VA ON A VFR FLIGHT TO SOUTH BOSTON, VA. LATER AT DUSK, HE CONTACTED THE ROANOKE FSS AND ASKED FOR AN "ACCURATE FIX" OF HIS POSITION.AT THAT TIME, THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. FSS PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE PLANE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A TRANSPONDER AND WAS BELOW THE ACQUISITION ALTITUDE FOR RADAR IDENTIFICATION. THEREFORE, THE PILOT WAS REQUESTED TO TUNE THE VOR FOR RADIAL CROSS CHECKS. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS PROVIDED VECTORS TO THE AIRPORT AT LYNCHBURG, VA. DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT GAVE WAY TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE FSS. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE PLANE WAS LANDED ABOUT 100 FT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT VISUALLY INSPECT THE FUEL TANKS BEFORE DEPARTING NEWPORT NEWS. ALSO, HE VERIFIED THAT HE WAS TRACKING INBOUND TO SOUTH BOSTON WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FSS IN FLIGHT, AND THAT HE WAS NOT LOST.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/15/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 2200 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | LYNCHBURG |
| Event State | VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 24505 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | LYNCHBURG MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LYH |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 2155 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LYH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 8 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 73 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 843 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9843D |
| NTSB Number | ATL82DA166 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | 22-160 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 22-160 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 22-6734 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | JAMES RUTHERFORD |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | ROUTE 1 BOX 238 |
| Aircraft Owner City | VERNON HILL |
| Aircraft Owner State | VA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 24597 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | JAMES RUTHERFORD |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ROUTE 1 BOX 238 |
| Operator City | VERNON HILL |
| Operator State | VA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 24597 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| 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) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | NEWPORT NEWS |
| Departure State | VA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2000 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | SOUTH BOSTON |
| Destination State | VA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 21 |
| Runway Length | 5799 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |