# Incident 20150116000669I: Mooney M20E, Plattsburgh, NY, January 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2015, 20:20 local time
- Place: Plattsburgh, NY
- Airport: Plattsburgh International Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6509° N, 73.4681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLATTSBURGH INTL (PBG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6509&lon=-73.4681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7187U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7187U-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150116000669I

## Narrative

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

JANUARY 17 2015 20:20 EST AIRCRAFT N7187U DEPARTED PLATTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT RETURNED BACK TO AND LANDED AT PLATTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED WHEN TAXING BACK TO FIXED BASE OF OPERATION DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A SNOWBANK AND FRONT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT ON TAXIWAY. PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SLIPPING ON THE ICE.

PILOT REPORTED TAXI LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE.

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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