# Incident 19880902055249I: Piper PA32300, Charleston, WV, September 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N72JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72JP-1992-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880902055249I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE FORCED LANDING AT CHARLESTON. FOUND NR1 CYLINDER HAD FAILED INTERNALLY.

## Other reports on N72JP (1)

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

- [Accident 19910724029839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910724029839A), Jul 24, 1991: Piper PA32300 (N72JP), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Lost control after over-controlling on gusty surface wind landing. Veered off runway and collided with a berm.

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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