# Incident 20250304001879I: Cessna 172S, Leesburg, VA, March 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: VZ7S
- Location: 39.0780° N, 77.5575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG EXEC (JYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0780&lon=-77.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N677JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N677JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250304001879I

## Narrative

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

AT KJYO, FLYING LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 17, BIRD MADE IMPACT ON RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF WING.

## Other reports on N677JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20210502006209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210502006209I), May 2, 2021: Cessna 172S (N677JA), Martinsburg, WV, Minor damage. Primary student on solo flight encountered a crosswind gust and ran off the runway causing minor damage to aircraft. Kmrb 021220Z 16006KT 10SM clr 16/04 A2986…

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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