# Incident 19990128010489I: Piper PA32260, Wheeling, WV, January 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1999, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N3708W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3708W-2019-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990128010489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE DESCENTING IN TO WHEELING, WV, THE ENGINE LOST POWER, BUT AFTER SWITCHING TANKS, THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER.

## Other reports on N3708W (1)

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

- [Accident 20190214010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190214010279A), Feb 14, 2019: Piper PA-32-260 (N3708W), Lacon, IL, Substantial damage. Accident occured 14:00CDT on February 14,2019. FAA was not on the scene until February 26, 2019 due to the pilot's delay in reporting the accident. The…

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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