# Accident 20030823023149A: Cessna 140, Edwardsburg, MI, August 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2003, 19:48 local time
- Place: Edwardsburg, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7903° N, 86.0805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7903&lon=-86.0805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N140GS-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823023149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 23, 2003, N140GS A CESSNA 140 WAS BEING PILOTED BY MR. STEPHEN LINTON THE LONE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT OCCURRED OVER JUNO LAKE NEAR EDWARDSBURG, MICHIGAN. N140GS WAS TRAVELING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVER JUNO LAKE AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE WHEN IT STRUCK POWERLINES STRUNG APPROXIMATELY 20' OVER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CRASHED INTO THE WATER WITHIN 100 YARDS OF IMPACTING THE POWERLINES AND SUNK IN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OF WATER. MR. LINTON'S BODY WAS LATER RECOVERED FROM THE WRECKAGE BY A CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DIVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI03LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA282), Aug 24, 2003: Cessna 140 (N140GS), Edwardsburg, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the power line during his low level cruise. Factors were the power transmission line, the lake, and low altitude flight.

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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