# Incident 19870704038429I: Piper PA28161, Leesburg, VA, July 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1987, 20:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- 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: 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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704038429I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE MAKING LOW LEVEL TURNS OVER A HOUSE AND NEAR FINAL OF AN AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N69165 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870618041239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870618041239I), Jun 18, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N69165), Great Falls, VA. Public reported aircraft had flown over his house at an altitude of 100 feet.

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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