# Incident 19920605024999I: Piper PA24260, Charleston, WV, June 5, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1992, 10:10 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1424N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1424N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920605024999I

## Narrative

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

HAD LOSS OF POWER ON CLIMB. RETURNED. REGAINED POWER BY TURNING OFF FUEL BOOST PUMP. HAD RICH MIXTURE SETTING.

## Other reports on N1424N (1)

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

- [Incident 19900708037189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708037189I), Jul 8, 1990: Piper PA24260 (N1424N), Clarksburg, WV, Minor damage. Gear did not fully extend. Made emergency gear up landing. Gear circuit breaker had split.

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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