# Incident 19820203006619I: Piper PA32260, Ontonagon, MI, February 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1982, 09:10 local time
- Place: Ontonagon, MI
- Airport: Ontonagon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8663° N, 89.3124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ontonagon, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8663&lon=-89.3124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N897P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N897P-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820203006619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR STRUCK SNOWDRIFTS ON RUNWAY. AIRPORT MANAGER HAD FAILED TO NOTAM CONDITION.

## Other reports on N897P (1)

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

- [Accident 19880518014679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518014679A), May 18, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N897P), Skwentna, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft flew into rock face of mountain. VFR flight in IFR conditions. Fog clouds and snow covered impact area.

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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