# Incident 20140331003939I: Bellanca 17-31ATC, Hancock, MI, March 31, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2014, 13:10 local time
- Place: Hancock, MI
- Airport: Houghton County Memorial Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N69JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69JW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31ATC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 23 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140331003939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AND DURING TOUCHDOWN LOSS CONTROL WHILE ENCOUNTERING A STRONG GUSTING CROSS WIND.  AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO SNOW BANK.

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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