# Incident 20251108021319I: Piper PA-28-140, Friendly, MD, November 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Friendly, MD
- Airport: Potomac Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7486° N, 76.9559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POTOMAC AIRFIELD (VKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7486&lon=-76.9559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28QW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28QW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,786 total, 651 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108021319I

## Narrative

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

THIS OCCURRENCE WAS REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION: ON 4/9/2026 I CALLED A PERSON WHO DID NOT PROVE TO BE THE PIC, BUT GAVE ME THE PICS'S CONTACT INFORMATION, I EMAILED THE PBR TO THE PIC. ON 4/28/26 I INTERVIEWED THE PIC ABOUT THE INCIDENT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TOP OF TREES ON DEPARTURE TO THE SW OUT OF VKX, BUT LANDED SAFELY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS: WAS THAT PIC HAD NOT COMPLETED A W & B OR TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, AS REQUIRED BY 14 CFR 91.103, WHICH CAUSED THE FAA TO REQUIRE 44709 REEXAMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PILOT ACS AREA OF OPERATION 1 TASK F, AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ACS AREA OF OPERATION II TASK F. REEXAMINATION WAS COMPLETED ON 5/14/2026 RESULT WAS PASS.

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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