# Incident 19780102000369I: Piper PA30, Wheeling, IL, January 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1978, 10:39 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Palwaukee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8586Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8586Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000369I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20040311007309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040311007309I), Mar 11, 2004: Piper PA30 (N8586Y), Siler City, NC, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot admitted he failed to lower the gear on approach to land at the Siler City airport.

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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