# Accident 20120721021029A: Atlas Township, MI, July 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Atlas Township, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 75 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721021029A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 21, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM EASTERN TIME, AN UNREGISTERED EIPPER QUICKSILVER MXL SPORT II, HOME BUILT - LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS, DEPARTED FROM A RESIDENCE ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE SHINANGUAG IN GOODRICH, MI FOR A LOCAL RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. ON BOARD WAS AN UNCERTIFICATED PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT AND AN UNCERTIFICATED PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TWO SEATS IN THE AIRCRAFT WERE IN A SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIGURATION FITTED WITH LAP RESTRAINTS ONLY.THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING ON A BASE LEG FOR A WATER LANDING HEADED NORTH/NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) WHEN HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO A TREE AT A RESIDENCE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE SHINANGUAG IMPACTING THE REAR SIDE OF A HOME AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN WITH THE PASSENGER TRAPPED IN THE WRECKAGE.THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. ONE RESIDENT OF THE HOME SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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