From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
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.
As the FAA filed it
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.