# Incident 20250908018249I: Socata TBM 700, Leesburg, VA, September 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2025, 20:25 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N288JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TBM 700 (registry code 8682000, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D (registry code 52069, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a66d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TBM 700
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,480 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250908018249I

## Narrative

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

WHILE OPERATING ON AN IFR CLEARANCE, PILOT CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THE AIRPORT FROM SEVERAL MILES AWAY, REPORTED THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT AND CANCELLED IFR. PILOT PERCEIVED THE VISIBILITY TO BE VERY GOOD, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO A FULL MOON AND WITH WHAT HE PERCEIVED TO BE HIGH CLOUDS, (HOWEVER THE ATIS INFORMATION AT THE TIME WAS THAT THE SKY WAS CLEAR WITH 10 MI VISIBILITY AND MOON RISE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27 MINUTES PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN). PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON AIRPORT LIGHTS DURING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. DUE TO WHAT HE PERCEIVED TO BE GOOD ILLUMINATION HE ELECTED TO LAND WITHOUT LIGHTING. ON SHORT FINAL PILOT LOST VISUAL REFERENCES DUE TO DARKNESS BUT DID NOT BELIEVE SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND WAS POSSIBLE AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING. GROUND TRACKS INDICATE THAT TOUCHDOWN POINT AND ROLL-OUT WERE OFF RUNWAY SURFACE IN GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

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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