# Accident 19970428006559A: Piper PA60601P, Leesburg, VA, April 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1997
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 39.1460° N, 77.5894° 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=39.1460&lon=-77.5894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885JC-2012-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970428006559A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH RADIO/RADAR CONTACT LOST. CRASHED LOCATED FIVE MILES NORTH OF AIRPORT.

## 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 NYC97FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA080), Apr 28, 1997: Piper PA-60-601P (N885JC), Waterford, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument (IFR) approach procedure, by failing to maintain the minimum altitude for that segment of the approach.

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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