# Incident 19971231043639I: Piper PA60600, Hancock, MI, December 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Hancock, MI
- Airport: Houghton County Memorial
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECBA
- Location: 47.1684° N, 88.4891° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUGHTON COUNTY MEML (CMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1684&lon=-88.4891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8234J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8234J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971231043639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 31 AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY. REPORTED SNOW ON THE RUNWAY 31 WAS 1" WITH A 7 KT CROSSWIND. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON A 1" SNOW COVERED RUNWAY WITH A CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N8234J (2)

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

- [Incident 19920720030759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920720030759I), Jul 20, 1992: Piper PA60600 (N8234J), Saginaw, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed with nose gear unlocked. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19810514039549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810514039549I), May 14, 1981: Piper PA60600 (N8234J), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Pilot made gear up landing during night approach to uncontrolled airport with damage to props,fuselage,gear doors.

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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