ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163945
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| Date: | Monday 17 February 2014 |
| Time: | 09:35 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Great Lakes Air |
| Registration: | N7122J |
| MSN: | 32-7300032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Huron, near Mackinac Island, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mackinac Island (KMCD) |
| St Ignace (83D) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Obviously due to a mechanical failure, the plane had to perform an emergency landing on the frozen lake. There were no personal injuries.
The number of occupants is either stated is five or seven.
Shortly after takeoff from Mackinac Island, inbound for St Ignace, the pilot tried to restart the plane multiple times before having to land it on frozen Lake Huron near Mackinac Island. The plane was having engine problems, if you recall from the 2011 plane crash with N33315. The plane was having fuel injector problems witched caused it to go down, and the same problem happened here with N7122J. But with N7122J they had an open area were N33315 didn’t. The cause of this plane to go down was the fuel. Reports from Mackinac Island Airport and reports form Mackinac County Airport say that that the plane did have a carburetor Issus with the 260HP engine.
Sources:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140217/METRO06/302170069/0/METRO/Small-plane-lands-ice-near-Mackinac-Island
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-frozen-lake-huron
http://upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1008538
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7122J
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=288768727894002&set=a.228531513917724.40914.222200681217474&type=1&relevant_count=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 2018 | N7122J | Great Lakes Air Inc | 0 | Mackinac Island Airport (KMCD), Mackinac Island, MI | |
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Media:
Here is a picture of the plane that made an emergency landing on frozen Lake Huron. Via @9and10News pic.twitter.com/c94ALmxzRt
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) February 17, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2014 19:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Feb-2014 19:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Embed code] |
| 17-Feb-2014 22:57 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 08-Mar-2014 20:51 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
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