# Incident 20060714014539I: Piper PA28140, Wheeling, WV, July 14, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2006, 15:40 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N16490, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16490) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 155 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060714014539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1540E, N16490, A PA28-140, LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AND, WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK FOUR TAXIWAY LIGHTS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO TAKE OFF WITH THE DAMAGED PROPELLER, HOWEVER, WAS TALKED OUT OF IT BY A LOCAL FAA SAFETY COUNSELOR. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER HAD ONE LARGE INDENTATION MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLIMETERS DEEP AND APPROXIMATELY 130 MILLIMETERS WIDE, FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL SAW TOOTH INDENTATIONS APPROXIMATELY 10 CENTIMETERS LONG AND 40MM DEEP. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N16490 (3)

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

- [Incident 19900729036219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900729036219I), Jul 29, 1990: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Waynesburg, PA, Minor damage. Student made a hard landing on first solo flight. Nose gear broke off.
- [Incident 19820301014769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820301014769I), Mar 1, 1982: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Chesterfield, VA, Minor damage. On taxi for takeoff, passenger rendered pilot unconscious by choking. Airplane hit parked aircraft. All were drugged
- [Accident 19781015032181A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015032181A), Oct 15, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N16490), Rocky Mount, NC, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on top of N5957F. Other a/c was touching down at of accident.

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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