# Incident 19880203008999I: Beech H18, Huntington, WV, February 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1988, 22:58 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BUKA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N347G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N347G-1995-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,079 total, 275 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880203008999I

## Narrative

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

FEATHERED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. DIVERTED TO NEAREST AIRPORT. FOUND A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD.

## Other reports on N347G (1)

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

- [Accident 19920226004079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920226004079A), Feb 26, 1992: Beech H18 (N347G), Morganton, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Descended below minimum safe altitude on initial approach. Crashed into trees wings level.

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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