Piper PA-32R-301, N8429X: Accident occurred June 04, 2022 at Blue Ridge Airport (KMTV), Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia

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.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident. 

Additional Participating Entity:

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Richmond, Virginia

https://registry.faa.gov/N8429X

Location: Spencer, Virginia

Accident Number: ERA22LA259

Date and Time: June 4, 2022, 12:56 Local 

Registration: N8429X

Aircraft: Piper PA-32R-301 

Injuries: 1 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: Piper

Registration: N8429X

Model/Series: PA-32R-301

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built:

Operator: On file 

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: KMTV,941 ft msl

Observation Time: 12:55 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 0 Nautical Miles

Temperature/Dew Point: 25°C /12°C

Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 7000 ft AGL

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 5 knots / , 70°

Lowest Ceiling:

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 30 inches Hg 

Type of Flight Plan Filed: None

Departure Point: Danville, VA (DAN) 

Destination: Spencer, VA

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 None 

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries:

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 1 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 36.63118,-80.018441 (est)

Aircraft landed gear up.  

Date: 04-JUN-22

Time: 16:56:00Z

Regis#: N8429X

Aircraft Make: PIPER

Aircraft Model: PA32R

Event Type: INCIDENT

Highest Injury: NONE

Aircraft Missing: No

Damage: UNKNOWN

Activity: PERSONAL

Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)

Operation: 91

City: MARTINSVILLE

State: VIRGINIA

HENRY COUNTY, Virginia (WSET) — A plane crash-landed at the Blue Ridge Regional Airport in Henry County Saturday afternoon.

"It was a failure of some sort of landing gear not coming down, so, it landed down on its belly and stayed on the runway and never departed the runway into the grass and it just came to a halt," said the airport's managing director, Jason Davis.

Henry County Sheriff Lane Perry describes the incident as minor. The pilot was the only person on board and he was not hurt.

Davis adds medical crews did check out the pilot, which is standard procedure.

Davis says the plane was a Piper Saratoga and is inside the airport's hanger under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.

https://wset.com