Piper PA-31-350-T1020 N120AE

Summary

On 11 March 1983 at about 07:58 local time, a Piper PA-31-350-T1020 registered N120AE was involved in an accident near Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1983 at 07:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Davidson Army Airfield

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350-T1020

Registration

N120AE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Richmond → Washington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA83AA019

1 person was seriously injured.

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

ON A FLT FROM NEWARK, NJ TO RICHMOND, VA, THE DEPARTURE TIME WAS DELAYED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE AT RICHMOND UNTIL AFTER THE REFUELING FACILITIES WERE CLOSED. THE PLT DECIDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL ABOARD TO COMPLETE THE NEXT FLT TO THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL ARPT, SO HE DEPARTED ON THAT FLT. HOWEVER, ABOUT 21 MI FROM HIS DESTINATION, HE DECLARED A LOW-FUEL STATE & REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST ARPT. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TOWARD DAVIDSON ARMY AIRFIELD. HOWEVER, BOTH ENGS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST POWER FROM LACK OF FUEL & THE ACFT CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA APRX 500 YDS SHORT OF RWY 32.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.