# Incident 20140217001009I: Piper PA-32-260, St. Ignace, MI, February 17, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2014, 08:40 local time
- Place: St. Ignace, MI
- Airport: Mackinac Island Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECEA
- Location: 45.8650° N, 84.6371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACKINAC ISLAND (MCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8650&lon=-84.6371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7122J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7122J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140217001009I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20210122001219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210122001219I), Jan 22, 2021: Piper PA-32-260 (N7122J), Mackinac Island, MI, Minor damage. On or about January 22, 2021, at approximately 1500 EDT, a 1973 Piper PA-32-260, a fixed-wing single-engine airplane bearing the registration of N7122J (sn:…
- [Accident 20180226009609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180226009609A), Feb 26, 2018: Piper PA-32-260 (N7122J), Mackinac Island, MI, Substantial damage. On February 26, 2018 at approximately 7:45 am eastern standard time, a PA-32-260 aircraft, N571UJ, registered to and operated by an on demand air taxi service,…

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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