# Incident 19900611066349I: Piper PA60601P, Wheeling, WV, June 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1990, 18:05 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELING OHIO COUNTY (HLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181X-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,700 total, 3,100 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/19900611066349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N181X (1)

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

- [Accident 19870110000409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870110000409A), Jan 10, 1987: Piper PA60601 (N181X), Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft encountered a downdraft and impacted the water on final. The pilot failed to maintain airspeed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.