# NTSB IAD70I0024: Howard Aero 500, N8020, Wheeling, WV, October 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1969
- Place: Wheeling, WV · WHEELING, WV
- Location: 40.0749° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0749&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147892
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70I0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70I0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD AERO 500
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Wheeling County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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