# Incident 19981216041609I: Cessna 172, Wheeling, WV, December 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1998, 06:50 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0749° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0749&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9121B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9121B-2007-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981216041609I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE ENGINE FAILED WHEN FULL CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED.

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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