# Incident 19820717041869I: Piper PA28180, Wheeling, WV, July 17, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1982, 12:25 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0749° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0749&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5203L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 180 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820717041869I

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS AND VIBRATION. LANDED IN A FIELD. EXHAUST VALVE FAILURE IN #2 CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N5203L (1)

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

- [Incident 19980404010909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980404010909I), Apr 4, 1998: Piper PA28180 (N5203L), Wooster, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: winds out of north 12-15-G 20 while attempting to land on runway 28 at Wayne County Airport (bjj), Wooster, Ohio the airplane was caught in gusty…

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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