19881103068099I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Wabash, IN · November 3, 1988

Date
November 3, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Wabash, IN
Airport
Wabash Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5997W
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
129 total29 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot caught in deteriorating weather was vectored by ATC to the Wabash airport. Made a successful landing.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT CAUGHT IN DETERIORATING WEATHER WAS VECTORED BY ATC TO THE WABASH AIRPORT. MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.