# Incident 19881103068099I: Piper PA28140, Wabash, IN, November 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1988, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wabash, IN
- Airport: Wabash Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7620° N, 85.7987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WABASH MUNI (IWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7620&lon=-85.7987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5997W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5997W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 29 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103068099I

## Narrative

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

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

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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