# Incident 19990426020319I: Piper PA28161, Leesburg, VA, April 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1999, 14:35 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N84400, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84400) (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 O320D2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 70 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990426020319I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF IN GUSTY CROSS WIND.

## Other reports on N84400 (2)

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

- [Incident 19960810038579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810038579I), Aug 10, 1996: Piper PA28161 (N84400), Dayton, OH. Narrative: during a cross country the airman operated a Piper pa 28-161, N84400, through Dayton, class c airspace without establishing two-way radio…
- [Accident 19840422016349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840422016349A), Apr 22, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N84400), Gaithersburg, MD, Substantial damage. Low on fuel diverted to closer airport. Was unable to pin down LOC signal. Out of fuel on radar assist vectors.

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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