39.1028° N, 77.5545° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 5, 2025 · 09:00 local
Place
Leesburg, VA
Airport
Leesberg Excutive
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N642LD
Reported as
Lancair ES
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total500 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft records reviewed and the aircraft was safe to opperate prior to this flight. Damage minor.
Pilot took off from kjyo. When he got to cruse altitude the door of the airplane departed and landed in a field. Pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident.
NTSB agreed it was not an accident.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVIEWED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFE TO OPPERATE PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. DAMAGE MINOR.
PILOT TOOK OFF FROM KJYO. WHEN HE GOT TO CRUSE ALTITUDE THE DOOR OF THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED AND LANDED IN A FIELD. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.