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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60600 · Gaylord, MI · March 3, 1989

Date: March 3, 1989 · 16:40 local
Place: Gaylord, MI
Airport: Otsego County
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8060J
Reported as: Piper PA60600
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total1,500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N8060JRegistration cancelled Jun 15, 1992 · Piper AEROSTAR 600S/N 600543175 Airframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 600

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What happened

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Tried to takeoff on unplowed runway snow drifts slowed progress, aborted. Nose wheel dug in veered into a snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO TAKEOFF ON UNPLOWED RUNWAY SNOW DRIFTS SLOWED PROGRESS, ABORTED. NOSE WHEEL DUG IN VEERED INTO A SNOWBANK.

Other reports on N8060J · 2

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

Accident 19900723028141ANormal Cruise · Detroit, MIWhile level overtook and collided with N55354 climbing near same direction. Cut off tail and wing PA28. Both crashedJul 23, 1990 · Reported as Piper PA60600 · Destroyed · 1 fatal Accident 19841226070499ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Kalamazoo, MILeft main gear collapsed after hard landing and sliding sideways on runway. Ice patches on runway.Dec 26, 1984 · Reported as Piper PA60600 · Substantial damage