# Incident 20180930016579I: Piper PA-28-161, Roanoke, VA, September 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2018, 12:47 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83039, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83039) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 40 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180930016579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ON A PRACTICE FLIGHT WITHOUT OBTAINING AN ADEQUATE WEATHER BRIEF. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT ENTERED THE CLOUDS AND WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM APPROACH CONTROL. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT WAS VECTORED TO A NEARBY VFR AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N83039 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190626008029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190626008029I), Jun 26, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N83039), Roanoke, VA, Minor damage. N83039, P28A, VFR in traffic pattern ry 34, was cleared for the option on a short approach for ry 34. N83039 landed hard, bounced, and landed again striking…

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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