Piper PA-18 N90910

Summary

On 21 August 1982 at about 01:27 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N90910, operated by C. Martin JR., was involved in an accident near Ft. Pickett, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 August 1982 at 01:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Pickett, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N90910

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

C. Martin JR.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesterfield → Fredericksburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FA186

1 person 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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AT FT PICKETT SHORTLY AFTER A SIMILIAR ACFT WAS SEEN TRYING TO APPROACH BLACKSTONE ARMY AIRFIELD. THIS ACFT MADE A GO-AROUND AND DISAPPEARED TO THE SOUTH. THE WRECKED ACFT WAS FOUND 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARPT 8 MONTHS LATER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT LEFT WING FIRST AND BOUNCED ABOUT 80 FT TO A FINAL RESTING PLACE WITH THE RIGHT WING FOLDED OVER THE LEFT. THE FLAMMABLE PARTS OF THE WRECKAGE WERE CONSUMED IN A POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE ONLY COCKPIT INSTRUMENT READABLE WAS THE VSI WHICH SHOWED MORE THAN 2000 FT/MINUTE DESCENT. THIS ACFT WAS FROM MANASSAS AND HAD LANDED AT CHESTERFIELD FOR FUEL. ITS DESTINATION WAS FREDERICKSBURG WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH OF CHESTERFIELD. AFTER DEPARTURE AT 1935 HOURS EDT IT DISAPPEARED, AND WAS NEXT OBSERVED AT BLACKSTONE, 25 NM SW OF CHESTERFIELD, AT 2110HOURS. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE PILOTS REMAINS DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY ABNORMALITIES WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSAL IN NATURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.