# Incident 19880308010249I: Piper PA28180, Charleston, WV, March 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1988, 13:30 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4341T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4341T-1991-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 145 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880308010249I

## Narrative

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

CAUGHT BY A GUST OF CROSSWIND ON LANDING. BALLOONED. LANDED ON NOSE WHEEL. NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N4341T (1)

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

- [Accident 19881123051839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881123051839A), Nov 23, 1988: Piper PA28180 (N4341T), Berlin, NJ, Substantial damage. Ran right tank dry on local flight. Failed to switch to other tank with fuel. Struck wires on final for runway.

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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