# Accident 19890813028899A: Piper PA28161, Leesburg, VA, August 13, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1989, 03:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N4325V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4325V) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813028899A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO UPDATE WEATHER CHECK. GOT CORNERED INTO AREA LOW CLOUDS. LOW ON FUEL. ELECTED LAND ON ROAD. WING HIT POLE

## 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 BFO89LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA068), Aug 13, 1989: Piper PA-28-161 (N4325V), Leesburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT, WHILE LANDING AT NIGHT…

## Other reports on N4325V (1)

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

- [Accident 19860116002449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860116002449A), Jan 16, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N4325V), Leesburg, VA, Substantial damage. Reported uneven braking caused swerve off runway. Began go around to avoid ditch. Made it. Landed without incident.

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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