# Accident 20070824831459A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Cheboygan, MI, August 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Cheboygan, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7700° N, 84.5400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7700&lon=-84.5400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96DF-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070824831459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MACKINAC ISLAND, (MCD) ENROUTE BAD AXE, (BAX). THE FLIGHT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT DESTINATION. REPORTS INDICATE THAT VARIOUS AIRCRAFT PARTS MATCHING MISSING AIRCRAFT WERE FOUND IN LAKE HURON APPROXIMATELY 6.5 MILES ESE OF CHEBOYGAN, MI. AS OF DATE OF REPORT DIVERS HAVE FAILED TO LOCATE WRECKAGE, THEY HAVE HOWEVER FOUND THE BODY OF THE PILOT. WE ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PILOT LOGBOOKS OR THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS AT THIS TIME. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE IT IS A FATALITY.

## 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 CHI07FA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA279), Aug 24, 2007: Socata TB-20 Trinidad (N96DF), Pointe Aux Pins, MI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined.

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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