# Incident 19990622032639I: Piper PA28R200, Leesburg, VA, June 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N15302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15302-2023-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 634 total, 13 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622032639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE BY REDUCING POWER WITH THROTTLE ABEAM RUNWAY 35 NUMBERS AT LEESBURG AIRPORT, VA. WHILE MANEUVERING AIRPLANE TO RUNWAY 35 POWER WAS ADDED WHEN OUTCOME OF EMERGENCY APPROACH AND LANDING (SIMULATED) WAS IN DOUBT.  DISTRACTIONS DURING THE APPROACH RESULTED IN NOT COMPLETING THE LANDING CHECKLIST.  AIRPLANE WAS LANDED GEAR-UP.

## Other reports on N15302 (4)

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

- [Accident 20200728018129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200728018129A), Jul 28, 2020: Piper PA-28R-200 (N15302), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. The night of 07/27/2020 pilot and one passenger departed on a 14 CFR part 141 cross country flight from sugarland, TX (sgr) to tyler, TX (tyr), hugo, ok (hhw)…
- [Incident 20050205000749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205000749I), Feb 5, 2005: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Richmond, TX. (-23) N15302, a PA-28R-200, departed sugar land municipal/hull field (sgr) at 14:54Z. The pilot in command was [privacy data omitted] at 15:15Z the aircraft…
- [Incident 19970725025149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970725025149I), Jul 25, 1997: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Wurtsboro, NY, Minor damage. Engine knock. Oil pressure zero. Landed airport. Hole in crankcase. Indicates connecting rod failure.
- [Incident 19920821036899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821036899I), Aug 21, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Cleveland, TN, Minor damage. Appears pilot landed with the gear in a retracted position.

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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