39.1028° N, 77.5545° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 18, 1978
Place
Leesburg, VA
Airport
Godfrey Field
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78HS
Reported as
Kinner Sportsterk
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.