19780102000369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Wheeling, IL · January 2, 1978

Date: January 2, 1978 · 10:39 local
Place: Wheeling, IL
Airport: Palwaukee
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8586Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,300 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8586YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1739 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Returned to runway when right engine quit, gear was up. Found water in fuel.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO RUNWAY WHEN RIGHT ENGINE QUIT, GEAR WAS UP. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

Other reports on N8586Y · 1

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

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