# Incident 19970110009169I: Mooney M20J, St Ignace, MI, January 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1997, 16:55 local time
- Place: St Ignace, MI
- Airport: Mackinac County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8914° N, 84.7381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACKINAC COUNTY (83D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8914&lon=-84.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 502 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970110009169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 10, 1997, AT 4:55 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A MOONEY, M-20, N205U, COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK ON A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7 AT ST IGNACE, MICHIGAN. THE SNOWBANK WAS ABOUT 7 FEET TALL. DAMAGE WAS MINOR TO THE NOSEGEAR AND PROP. THE COUNTY MOVED THE SNOW ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER AFTER I COMPLAINED.

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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