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.
The pilot departed rwy 8 at mcd for 83D(St. Ignace, MI ). On the downwind departure, the engine quit suddenly. The pilot stated all instruments were in the green. The pilot switched from right main to right tip tank. The engine returned to operation then quit a few moments later.
The pilot tried several times to get the engine to produce power, but had no luck and emergency landed on lake huron on the north side of Mackinac Island.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT DEPARTED RWY 8 AT MCD FOR 83D(ST. IGNACE, MI ). ON THE DOWNWIND DEPARTURE, THE ENGINE QUIT SUDDENLY. THE PILOT STATED ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE IN THE GREEN. THE PILOT SWITCHED FROM RIGHT MAIN TO RIGHT TIP TANK. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO OPERATION THEN QUIT A FEW MOMENTS LATER.
THE PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE ENGINE TO PRODUCE POWER, BUT HAD NO LUCK AND EMERGENCY LANDED ON LAKE HURON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MACKINAC ISLAND.
Other reports on N7122J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.