Man, was that chilling to listen to. Here's audio of the ATC starting at
04:45 - http://www.liveatc.net/.archive/kmke...26-05-0030.mp3.
There was a very helpful Midex 812 pilot that tried to help and was relaying
information including the lat/long. Unfortunately, with no flotation device
and the cold water, the downed pilot's chances were slim. A stark reminder
to buy those flotation devices!

Marco Leon

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Ben Smith" wrote in message
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Here's a couple more links.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/apr05/321506.asp

http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/m...?packageid=774


Accidents are always a series of mistakes/bad-judgments.

Here's just a few:
1) Poor fuel planning and continuing on with low fuel from Michigan side.
2) Water crossing
3) No floatation devices
4) Night

Sad!!