# Incident 19911110054179I: Piper PA28181, Huntington, WV, November 10, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1991, 16:15 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8503E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8503E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 862 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110054179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED ACROSS UNMARKED STORM DRAIN. NOSE WHEEL DROPPED INTO DEPRESSION LAND,PROPELLER STRUCK RAMP.

## Other reports on N8503E (1)

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

- [Accident 19850731035489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850731035489A), Jul 31, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N8503E), Eureka, WI, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted near end of cross country flight. Struck trees after ground loop during a forced landing in a field.

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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