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Michigan State Recorded $22,743.40 in Donated Coach Fitzgerald and Staff Travel

N271PH flew KPTK–KLAN–KLAL; then KLAL–KPTK on January 25, 2026 through January 27, 2026.

Estimated route, no live track
Complete outing
  1. 1Pontiac, MILansing, MIKPTKKLANJan 25, 202610:32 AM10:57 AMEST25m23m on ground
  2. 2Lansing, MILakeland, FLKLANKLALJan 25, 202611:20 AM1:45 PMEST2h 25mStats selected49h 32m on ground
  3. 3Lakeland, FLPontiac, MIKLALKPTKJan 27, 20263:17 PM5:38 PMEST2h 21m

Michigan State recorded a donated aviation gift valued at $22,743.40 for Coach Fitzgerald and Staff. The Board of Trustees reports name Mike McNamara as the donor and Intercollegiate Athletics or the Spartan Fund as the recipient.

N271PH flew KPTK–KLAN–KLAL; then KLAL–KPTK on January 25, 2026 through January 27, 2026. The aircraft movement is the high-confidence outing associated with the Board record.

The Board record establishes the donor, recipient, stated purpose and value, but it generally does not identify the flight date, aircraft, route or passenger list. No passenger manifest has been released.

Source documents

Michigan State Board Gift, Grant and Contract Report — 2026-04-10Michigan State University · Primary flight record · Page 33view

Primary records supporting this journey. Routes, passengers, costs, and purposes are shown only where the documents state them.

Part of Michigan State flight log
Selected flight record
Leg 1 of 3
Route
KPTK → KLAN
Departure
Jan 25, 2026, 10:32 AM ET
Arrival
Jan 25, 2026, 10:57 AM ET
Airborne
25m
Track
Samples
3,986
Sources & methodology

Source: Michigan State University Board of Trustees Gift, Grant and Contract Report dated 2026-04-10.

Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N271PH
FAA type
C680 · Cessna Citation Sovereign family
Group
Big Ten
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
Labutte LLC
Program tie
LABUTTE LLC — documented booster giftevidence predates this flight
foia gift in kind forms · MSU Consignment/Non-Cash Gift Forms released under MIFOIA request MSUF058526 (response 2026-06-05, 18 pp., sha256 c89e51b1351e85ad66786343377c212b9d14
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ADS-B data is a public aircraft-movement record. This page separates observed movement from cited context and avoids passenger claims unless a source document supports them.