# Incident 19870618041239I: Piper PA28161, Great Falls, VA, June 18, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1987, 20:00 local time
- Place: Great Falls, VA
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0119° N, 77.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0119&lon=-77.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69165, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870618041239I

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC REPORTED AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN OVER HIS HOUSE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 100 FEET.

## Other reports on N69165 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870704038429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704038429I), Jul 4, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N69165), Leesburg, VA. Aircraft was reported to be making low level turns over a house and near final of an airport.

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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