# Incident 19781206022739I: Piper PA34200, Wheeling, IL, December 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1978, 15:15 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N6890F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6890F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,237 total, 155 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/19781206022739I

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON ICY RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6890F (2)

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

- [Incident 20230113002899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113002899I), Jan 13, 2023: Piper PA-34-200T (N6890F), Washington Cour, OH, Minor damage. The pilot departed kcnu with no takeoff or enroute anomalies. The airplane entered instrument meteorological conditions while descending and receiving radar…
- [Incident 20030331017189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030331017189I), Mar 31, 2003: Piper PA34200T (N6890F), Harrisburg, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On left base to runway 30 at Capital City Airport (cxy), main landing gear came down and locked but nose gear did not (no indication). Pilot could hear…

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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