What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On June 4, 2007, at approximately 1600 CDT, a Cessna CE-550 jet, N550BP, serial number 550-0246, registered to toy air inc., crashed into lake Michigan after departure from runway 1L at Milwaukee's general mitchell airport (mkd) during a part 135 on demand flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and was found in fifty-three feet of water. The two pilots and four passengers suffered fatal injuries. The aircraft was cleared for take-off from runway one left and flew the brew three standard instrument departure route that consisted of the following: fly runway heading until two thousand feet then turn to assigned heading. Radar contact with air traffic control (ATC) was established. The radar data showed the aircraft reached four thousand feet above mean sea level (MSL), leveled off for a short climb then began a climb. Just after beginning its climb to five thousand feet MSL, the aircraft began a left turn and started to lose altitude. The last known beacon radar hit showed the aircraft at eighteen hundred feet with a ground speed of two hundred and fifty knots.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JUNE 4, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CDT, A CESSNA CE-550 JET, N550BP, SERIAL NUMBER 550-0246, REGISTERED TO TOY AIR INC., CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 1L AT MILWAUKEE'S GENERAL MITCHELL AIRPORT (MKD) DURING A PART 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND WAS FOUND IN FIFTY-THREE FEET OF WATER. THE TWO PILOTS AND FOUR PASSENGERS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY ONE LEFT AND FLEW THE BREW THREE STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE ROUTE THAT CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: FLY RUNWAY HEADING UNTIL TWO THOUSAND FEET THEN TURN TO ASSIGNED HEADING. RADAR CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS ESTABLISHED. THE RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT REACHED FOUR THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), LEVELED OFF FOR A SHORT CLIMB THEN BEGAN A CLIMB. JUST AFTER BEGINNING ITS CLIMB TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET MSL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND STARTED TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE LAST KNOWN BEACON RADAR HIT SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT AT EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FEET WITH A GROUND SPEED OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KNOTS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.