# Incident 19890303002969I: Piper PA60600, Gaylord, MI, March 3, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1989, 16:40 local time
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Airport: Otsego County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0213° N, 84.6818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaylord, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0213&lon=-84.6818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060J-1992-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890303002969I

## Narrative

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

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 19900723028141A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900723028141A), Jul 23, 1990: Piper PA60600 (N8060J), Detroit, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. While level overtook and collided with N55354 climbing near same direction. Cut off tail and wing PA28. Both crashed
- [Accident 19841226070499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841226070499A), Dec 26, 1984: Piper PA60600 (N8060J), Kalamazoo, MI, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed after hard landing and sliding sideways on runway. Ice patches on runway.

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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