# Incident 19970117004359I: Piper PA32260, St Ignace, MI, January 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: St Ignace, MI
- Airport: Mackinac County Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECEA
- 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: N4887S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4887S) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970117004359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 17, 1997, AT 1600 EST A PA-32-260 OWNED AND OPERATED BY GREAT LAKES AIR INC. A 9 OR LESS ON DEMAND AIR TAXI MADE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER AT ST. IGNACE, MI. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. CAUSE OF THE ENGINE PARTIAL POWER FAILURE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND WE CONSIDER THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4887S (2)

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

- [Accident 20171205022729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171205022729A), Dec 5, 2017: Piper PA-32-260 (N4887S), Cheboygan, MI, Substantial damage. On December 05, 2017 at 11:30 am eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32-260 aircraft, N4887S, registered to and operated by an on demand air taxi service,…
- [Accident 19980828022199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828022199A), Aug 28, 1998: Piper PA32260 (N4887S), Sault Ste Marie, MI, Substantial damage. Acft lost control on takeoff and struck a rwy remaining sign. (-23) on August 28, 1998, at 1700 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-260, N4887S, sustained…

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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