- Date
- October 3, 1969
- Place
- Wheeling, WV · WHEELING, WV
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8020Howard Aero 500
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147892
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0030 69/10/3 WHEELING,W VA HOWARD AERO 500 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0832 N8020 PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 44, 7600 TOTAL HOURS, 249 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEELING COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP AKRON,OHIO PHILADELPHIA,PA WHEELING,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FIRE BROKE OUT IN LAVATORY AT REAR OF ACFT. PLT LANDED SAFELY. FIRE EXTINGUISHED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8020
- Reported as
- Howard Aero 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Wheeling County