# Incident 19911018052879I: Piper PA12, Wheeling, WV, October 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1991, 14:27 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N3807M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3807M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911018052879I

## Narrative

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

VEHICLE DRIVING ON RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTRION. RADIO OUT AND LOW ON FUEL.

## Other reports on N3807M (1)

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

- [Accident 19940628017099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940628017099A), Jun 28, 1994: Piper PA12 (N3807M), Germansville, PA, Substantial damage. Uncorrected high sink rate on final resulted in landing short in cornstalks. Flipped over.

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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