ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194259
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 March 2017 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | University of Michigan Flyers |
| Registration: | N230TX |
| MSN: | 17276171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19NM ESE of Manitouwadge, ON -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ann Arbor, MI (KARB) |
| Harbor Springs, MI (KMGN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was reported down east of Marathon, Ontario. Investigators did not find body or any footprints in the snow surrounding the wreckage.The plane does not have a roof hatch, and was not designed to carry parachutes
The pilot was a Chinese and believed to be a graduate student at the University of Michigan, rented the single-engine aircraft at the Ann Arbor Airport.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is continuing to investigate the plane crash and the and University of Michigan police are investigating the student as a missing person.
It is now believed that the pilot committed suicide.
The Transport Canada report pointedly noted that, “the pilot was not a parachutist or does not own a parachute.”
After nine month, the pilot was declared dead by the authorities. It is assumend that he committed suicide by jumping from the plane.
Sources:
http://www.magic999.ca/news/1550729071/plane-crashed-near-marathon-tuesday
https://www.wdio.com/news/small-plane-crash-marathon-ontario/4428774/
Transport Canada
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4335796/Mystery-pilot-missing-plane-crash-Ontario.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/03/31/pilotless-plane-crash-in-northern-ontario-woods-leaves-authorities-baffled.html
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/10/09/rong-xin/
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/8af5bb62fe346772e7cce0bb54d8a01ca063c3e6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2017 21:22 | Geno | Added |
| 18-Mar-2017 08:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2017 10:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 08:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2017 15:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2017 19:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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