Piper PA-28R N9025C

Summary

On 29 November 1982 at about 00:58 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N9025C, operated by Richard L. Wilson, was involved in an accident near Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 November 1982 at 00:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Hampton Roads

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R

Registration

N9025C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard L. Wilson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesapeake → Orlando

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FID02

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.