NTSB Identification: ERA12LA486
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, July 27, 2012 in Blacksburg, VA
Aircraft: PIPER PA-24-250, registration: N6248P
Injuries: 4 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On July 27, 2012, about 1519 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-250, N6248P, was substantially damaged following a loss of engine power and collision with a fence at Montgomery Executive Airport (BCB), Blacksburg, Virginia. The certificated airline transport pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was registered to a private individual and was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Crestview, Florida (CEW) about 1023 central daylight time.
The pilot reported that he was approaching the destination airport when the engine began to lose power. He applied carburetor heat; however, this did not improve engine performance. He switched the right fuel selector from the main to the right tip tank. Unable to maintain altitude, the pilot attempted a forced landing in the airport parking lot. The airplane touched down in the parking lot and collided with a perimeter fence.
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector responded to the accident site and examined the wreckage. The inspector confirmed substantial damage to the wings. The wreckage was recovered to a local maintenance facility where a subsequent examination of the engine will be performed.
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A small plane ran into a fence Friday at the Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport on Friday after the pilot attempted an emergency landing. No one was injured, state police said.
A small plane crashed at the Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport on Friday afternoon after the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing, officials said.
Pilot Scott Leighton Musser, 50, of Niceville, Fla., and the three passengers were not injured when the Piper PA-24 Comanche ran into a fence at the Blacksburg airport, Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Rob Carpentieri said.
Carpentieri said Musser told investigators that the plane's engine quit. Emergency responders were dispatched at 3:15 p.m.
Strong storms were moving over the New River Valley near the time of the crash. Carpentieri said he did not know if weather was a factor, but that the Federal Aviation Administration would investigate.
The public airport, which operates an average of 18,000 flights annually and approximately 50 a day, closed initially but reopened soon after the accident, airport director Michael St. Jean said.
Carpentieri said the plane is registered out of Niceville. According to the online FAA registry, the single-engine plane was manufactured in 1959 and is registered to Robert Keller of Crestview, Fla.
Carpentieri said he did not know where the plane departed from, and passengers on board the plane declined to comment.
FAA officials have been contacted, and the plane will remain where it landed until they arrive on the scene, likely on Monday, Carpentieri said.
BLACKSBURG, VA -- Plane is a single engine Piper Comanche PA-24.
Pilot attempted an emergency landing around 3:15 p.m., after he told State Police his engine stopped working.
The plane took out a section of fencing around the airport.
No one was hurt. Four people inside.
The pilot is from Niceville, Okaloosa County, FL.
Picture from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
Picture from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
Picture from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
Picture
from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
Picture from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
Picture from the plane crash Friday at Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport
According to sources, police are reporting no injuries and are refusing to comment regarding the cause of the accident or type of plane involved.
Police say the crash occurred shortly after 3:15pm while the plane was in the process of taking off.
A photo WestofRoanoke.com has obtained from the crash site shows heavy rain on the runway and in the area, though it is not clear whether weather had any part in today’s crash.
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport is a public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Blacksburg, a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.
Story and photo: http://westofroanoke.com
A plane crashed this afternoon at the Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport in Blacksburg. An initial report indicated that no one was injured.
Authorities are on the scene.
Story and photo: http://www.roanoke.com
BLACKSBURG, Va.— Crews are responding to a plane crash at the Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport.
A lieutenant with the Virginia Tech Police Department says there are no injuries.
The lieutenant did say that the plane took out a fence line.
The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. Friday while the plane was attempting takeoff.
Virginia Tech spokesperson Mark Owczarski says officials are investigating the cause of the crash.
Strong storms moved through Blacksburg on Friday, but its not clear if weather was an issue.
Story and photos: http://www.wdbj7.com
BLACKSBURG, VA -- A small plane made a forced landing at the Virginia Tech-Montgomery Executive Airport just after 3:00 p.m.
We're told the plane hit a fence before landing. No one was hurt.
Story: http://www2.wsls.com
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