# Incident 19790401013789I: Rkwell 690B, Wheeling, IL, April 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1979, 19:54 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Pal Waukee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N81643, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81643) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28A (registry code 6402504, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1300-1B (registry code 67061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1300-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 690B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 600 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/19790401013789I

## Narrative

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

IN DARKNESS AND RAIN, PILOT MISSED THE TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. LEFT MAIN SANK INTO A SOFT AREA, PROP STRUCK RUNWY

## Other reports on N81643 (1)

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

- [Incident 20150328003899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150328003899I), Mar 28, 2015: North American T-28A (N81643), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On March 28, 2015, at 12:57CDT, a North American T-28-A aircraft bearing registration number N81643, registered to absolute investments inc. the aircraft was…

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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