# Incident 19970517010999I: Amtrcz COZY, Shenandoah, IA, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1997, 18:15 local time
- Place: Shenandoah, IA
- Airport: Shenandoah Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7516° N, 95.4136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHENANDOAH MUNI (SDA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7516&lon=-95.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72CR-1998-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schoonover Randall Martin COZY (registry code 05625R1, https://openairdocs.org/model/schoonover-randall-martin-cozy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRCZ COZY
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 59 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517010999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. SCHOONOVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION HIS AIRCRAFT TO CO WHERE HE IS PLANNING TO MOVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WHILE ENROUTE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND HIS SUNGLASSES, AND WAS FLYING INTO THE SUN. UPON ARRIVING AT THE SHENANDOAH AIRPORT FROM LOGENSPORT, IN HE HAD PROBLEMS READING THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR. HE STATED THAT HE HAD SYMPTOMS OF SUNBLINDNESS. HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS STABILIZED AT 90 MPH FOR HIS FINAL APPROACH, HIS PASSENGER STATED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS AT 80 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND RAPIDLY, AND HE LANDED ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND HIS PASSENGER HAD A MINOR INJURY TO HIS ANKLE, MR. SCHOONOVER WAS NOT INJURED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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