# Incident 20060224008879I: Piper PA28181, Toledo, OH, February 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2006, 13:55 local time
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6639° N, 83.5552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6639&lon=-83.5552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1689H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1689H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060224008879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RENTED AIRCRAFT WITH GPS THAT HE HAD NO FORMAL INSTRUCTION IN USE, ONLY READING OF MANUAL AND PRACTICE AT A COUPLE NON TOWER AIRPORTS. PILOT INTENDED TO LAND AT 0G6 AIRPORT, AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WITH RUNWAY 7/25 BUT INPUTTED INTO THE GPS THE DATA FOR NEARBY KTOL WHICH ALSO HAS RUNWAY 7/25. PILOT MADE TOUCH AND GO AT WRONG AIRPORT. PILOT DID NOT NOTICE LIGHT GUN SIGNALS FROM TOWER, THOUGH THEY WERE SENT. PILOT CONTACTED BY ATC AND HE GAVE THEM HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND STATEMENT. PILOT WAS COUNSELLED ON PROPER FLIGHT PLANNING AND FAMILIARITY WITH ALL EQUIPMENT ON BOARD AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT SCHOOL THAT RENTED HIM AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO FORMALLY COUNSELLED ON ENSURING RENTERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALL EQUIPMENT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N1689H (1)

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

- [Incident 20250817011499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250817011499I), Aug 17, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N1689H), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. The cotter keyed castellated nut on torque link union bolt departed the aircraft and was not recovered at the scene. On landing the torque link union bolt…

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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