Piper PA-28R-180 accident near Afton, VA
On April 30, 2001, a Piper PA-28R-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Afton, VA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 30, 2001
- Place
- Afton, VA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.951°N, 78.884°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010514X00932
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 30, 2001, at 1415 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-180, N7680J, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with rising terrain and post-crash fire near Afton, Virginia. The certificated commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that originated at the Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), Leesburg, Virginia, about 1140. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. During a telephone conversation, a friend of the pilot's said that the pilot arrived at the Leesburg Airport, on April 27, 2001, from the Broken Straw Airport (P15), Pittsfield, Pennsylvania. The pilot visited for the weekend, and departed on Monday, April 30, 2001, to return home to Pennsylvania. The pilot planned a direct flight with no stops en route. According to an employee of a fixed base operator (FBO) at Leesburg, the airplane was serviced with 15.4 gallons of fuel, on April 27, 2001, which topped off the fuel tanks. Examination of fuel receipts revealed that the pilot paid the bill at 1012, on April 30, 2001, just prior to his departure for Pittsfield. A straight-line course drawn from the Leesburg Airport to the Broken Straw Airport was approximately 185 miles long and 344 degrees magnetic. A line drawn from Leesburg, Virginia to the crash site was 88 miles long and 238 degrees magnetic. A Safety Board Air Traffic Control Specialist examined the radar data and segregated a target that traveled between the Leesburg Airport and the accident site. The times for the target's departure from th
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of consciousness due to a medical condition, which resulted in his failure to maintain control of the airplane and subsequent impact with rising terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
