# Accident 19860928053209A: Mooney M20F, Leesburg, VA, September 28, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1986, 22:42 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1028° N, 77.5545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1028&lon=-77.5545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6443Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6443Q-2000-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO86FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860928053209A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FOG NIGHT AND DIM RUNWAY LIGHTS. CIRCLED OVER JYO LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. PILOT CONTROLLED INOP LIGHTS A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO86FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA050), Sep 29, 1986: Mooney M20F (N6443Q), Leesburg, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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