# Accident 19931108044289A: Piper PA28161, Manassas, VA, November 8, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1993, 10:38 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7230° N, 77.4969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7230&lon=-77.4969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8223T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8223T) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931108044289A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON BASE LEG. TRIED FOR FIELD BUT HIT A TREE ON FINAL. NO ENGINE ANOMALIES FOUND.

## 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 BFO94LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA004), Nov 8, 1993: Piper PA-28-161 (N8223T), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of total engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the lack of suitable terrain to enable the completion of a power-off forced landing.

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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