# Incident 19990403021459I: Cessna 172H, Wheeling, WV, April 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1999, 20:34 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N2841L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2841L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 190 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/19990403021459I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT FOR OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT. AFTER DEPARTING OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LANDED AT WHEELING OHIO COUNTY AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND RETURNED TO ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT.

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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